# Sharing database config between apps

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sharing-database-config-between-apps/109274>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 13, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sharing-database-config-between-apps/109274 "2007-07-13T00:07:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@david](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2007, 12:07am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sharing-database-config-between-apps/109274/1 "2007-07-13T00:07:31Z")

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Is there a convention in Rails for sharing the database.yml between  
apps that have the same config? At work we use Cold Fusion which use  
Java datasources underneath, and would like to be able to similarly  
change the database config in one place for multiple apps. Filesystem  
link?

Thanks,  
David