Dynamically choosing schema using one Model

Rails
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Hi all,

is there a way in RoR to dynamically set the table to which the Model
must refer to? I’d like to create a sorta “dispatcher” that chooses the
table for the Model based on an HTTP/GET var. To put it in another way
my Model would be fed with data coming from different tables based on
this var passed from the querystring.

Thanks,
Lorenzo

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Lorenzo wrote:

is there a way in RoR to dynamically set the table to which the Model
must refer to? I’d like to create a sorta “dispatcher” that chooses the
table for the Model based on an HTTP/GET var. To put it in another way
my Model would be fed with data coming from different tables based on
this var passed from the querystring.

Hi,

a small correction to my previous post: I actually need to dynamically
choose the database to which attach to. My scenario is, infact, having
N databases with the same tables structure. Was it only a table problem
I could have used, I guess, the set_table_name method.

Thanks again,
Lorenzo

3

Hi Lorenzo,

You can reference sections like

foo_development:
adapter: mysql
database: foo
username: foo
password: ###
host: localhost

foo_test:
adapter: mysql
database: foo
username: foo
password: ###
host: localhost

foo_production:
adapter: mysql
database: foo
username: foo
password: ###
host: localhost

from your database.yml like so:

class Foo< ActiveRecord::Base
establish_connection “foo_#{RAILS_ENV}”
end

You can create different sections for your different dbs in your
database.yml and reference them using establish_connection. Then you
can implement your dispatcher the way you like. Does this help?

cheers
Martin