# Apache/FCGI Rails - is apache restart required on DB change?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-rails-is-apache-restart-required-on-db-change/56093>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 28, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-rails-is-apache-restart-required-on-db-change/56093 "2006-03-28T03:55:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![cdb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@cdb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cdb)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-rails-is-apache-restart-required-on-db-change/56093/1 "2006-03-28T03:55:11Z")

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Hi all,

wondering when I need to restart apache. I’m setting up a rails system  
for the first time, and it seems to be caching my database  
configuration, unless I restart apache.

Is there any way out of this? Is there a way to do this without  
restarting apache?

Thanks in advance!

Cameron

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**Author:** ![cdb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@cdb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cdb)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-rails-is-apache-restart-required-on-db-change/56093/2 "2006-03-28T04:00:15Z")

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I _think_ your environment and db details are cached even in dev mode,  
so you would either need to restart apache or at least kill all the  
dispatch.fcgi processes.

There are some good pointers here:  
[http://weblog.textdrive.com/article/175/rails-optimizing-resource-usage](http://weblog.textdrive.com/article/175/rails-optimizing-resource-usage)

…pointers that I would have done well to have read before the last 2  
months on my project 🙂

dorian

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**Author:** ![cdb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@cdb](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/cdb)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 5:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/apache-fcgi-rails-is-apache-restart-required-on-db-change/56093/3 "2006-03-28T05:04:14Z")

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Dorian, thanks very much. Good to know, and the article’s a great help.