# Is dynamic database connection available in ROR

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-dynamic-database-connection-available-in-ror/177622>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 21, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-dynamic-database-connection-available-in-ror/177622 "2009-10-21T07:52:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nike)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 7:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-dynamic-database-connection-available-in-ror/177622/1 "2009-10-21T07:52:43Z")

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Hi,

Whether dynamic database connection is available in Ruby on Rails

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**Author:** ![nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/dbc845/32.png) [@nike](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nike)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-dynamic-database-connection-available-in-ror/177622/2 "2009-10-21T08:02:03Z")

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On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Nike M. \<  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Whether dynamic database connection is available in Ruby on Rails

Do you mean something like a database connection on-demand? If this is  
the  
case, you can easily setup something like launchd on your deployment  
server  
bring up the database server on-demand.

Good luck,

-Conrad