# Non-rails application -- want to use migration for sql 2005

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 26, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/non-rails-application-want-to-use-migration-for-sql-2005/130225 "2008-02-26T15:17:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![vishyanand](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e36b37/32.png) [@vishyanand](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vishyanand)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/non-rails-application-want-to-use-migration-for-sql-2005/130225/1 "2008-02-26T15:17:36Z")

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Hi,  
I want to use migration feature for a non-rails application.My  
application uses SQL 2005.How can I do it?  
thanks

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**Author:** ![vishyanand](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/e36b37/32.png) [@vishyanand](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vishyanand)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/non-rails-application-want-to-use-migration-for-sql-2005/130225/2 "2008-02-26T15:34:47Z")

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On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Vishal Sodani \<  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote:

> Hi,  
> I want to use migration feature for a non-rails application.My  
> application uses SQL 2005.How can I do it?

Say you’re writing a desktop application using the .NET framework. You  
could  
generate a Rails application just for the migration feature and store it  
in  
your project hierarchy. For example,

my\_cool\_project  
db  
migrations // the name of your rails app  
app  
…  
db  
migrate // the usual migrations structure in a rails app  
001\_…  
002\_…  
…  
lib  
log  
public  
…  
src // you’re .NET code

Otherwise, I’d search Google. For example, this search

migration outside rails

turns up several hits.

Regards,  
Craig