# Database most suited for RoR

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-most-suited-for-ror/125593>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 10, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-most-suited-for-ror/125593 "2008-01-10T12:32:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![manusharma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@manusharma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manusharma)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-most-suited-for-ror/125593/1 "2008-01-10T12:32:47Z")

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Hi,

Out of curiosity I got to learn Ruby on Rails. Wondering somehow, as to  
which Data base is best suited for Ruby on Rails and Why? Any  
Comments/Suggestions Please!

Thanks  
Manu

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**Author:** ![manusharma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@manusharma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manusharma)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-most-suited-for-ror/125593/2 "2008-01-10T15:37:01Z")

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Well rails will go with almost all databases available!  
Though the rails by default comes with mysql connector, you can always  
change them to other databases by choosing respective connector.  
I had done three of my projects based on the MySql and one with pgSql  
(Postgres)

Cheers,  
Sumanth Krishna  
[http://www.linkedin.com/in/sumanthkrishna](http://www.linkedin.com/in/sumanthkrishna)

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**Author:** ![manusharma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@manusharma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manusharma)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/database-most-suited-for-ror/125593/3 "2008-01-10T15:45:50Z")

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I think rails initially ships with sqlite3, though sumi is correct.  
It will work with most databases. I’ve used Rails with MySQL,  
PostgresQL and Oracle9.