# Using MySQL

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mysql/139109>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 30, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mysql/139109 "2008-05-30T21:49:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidstokar)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mysql/139109/1 "2008-05-30T21:49:42Z")

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How do I configure RoR on my iMac (10.5.3) to use mySQL?

TIA,  
David

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mysql/139109/2 "2008-05-30T22:33:49Z")

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Do you have MySQL installed?

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**Author:** ![davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidstokar)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mysql/139109/3 "2008-05-30T22:47:57Z")

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You do that on an app-by-app basis in /config/database.yml–change the  
adapter lines to mysql.

HTH,

-Roy

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mysql/139109/4 "2008-05-30T22:52:06Z")

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on when generating a new you can use app: rails myapp -d mysql

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**Author:** ![davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidstokar)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mysql/139109/5 "2008-05-30T23:05:35Z")

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I am in the same boat. I have rails installed, working, and up to  
date. I have created my project skeleton and have somewhat of a  
program. I also have MySQL installed and have looked for the GUI to  
configure the database like the one in the screencast. Learning Rails  
is enough without having to learn the SQL commands.

Arron  
MacBook Pro  
2.5GHz  
4GB Ram  
250GB HDD  
OSX 10.5.3

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**Author:** ![davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@davidstokar](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidstokar)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-mysql/139109/6 "2008-05-30T22:56:12Z")

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that should really read:

when you’re generating a new rails project you can use: rails myapp -d  
mysql