# Newbie: getting started with database, local computer, host

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-getting-started-with-database-local-computer-host/114472>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 13, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-getting-started-with-database-local-computer-host/114472 "2007-09-13T01:38:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![keithm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@keithm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keithm)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-getting-started-with-database-local-computer-host/114472/1 "2007-09-13T01:38:55Z")

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well this may very well be a super easy one, but I can’t seem to find an  
answer. I think it’s really neat that ruby on rails has so many things  
built in like multiple databases for production, testing.

if i create a database on my local machine, and create my rails app  
locally… will everything get synced with my webhost when i use  
capistrano? or do i need to log-in to the server and constantly be  
editing files and databases there? i’d rather work on my local machine,  
and then upload with (moderatly) stable builds of the site.

so do i have to create the databases locally and on the host? also what  
happens to the data when I deploy with capistrano?

Thanks,  
Keith

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**Author:** ![keithm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@keithm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/keithm)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-getting-started-with-database-local-computer-host/114472/2 "2007-09-13T03:30:43Z")

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I haven’t used capistrano, but I would think the answer should be in  
their docs somewhere…

[http://capify.stikipad.com/wiki/show/Using+Capistrano2+with+Rails](http://capify.stikipad.com/wiki/show/Using+Capistrano2+with+Rails)