# Working or mongrel **URL:** \ **Category:** Mongrel\ **Created:** [October 26, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-or-mongrel/118415 "2007-10-26T18:35:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![advait](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@advait](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/advait)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-or-mongrel/118415/1 "2007-10-26T18:35:24Z")
Hello, I have started newly working on ruby on rails platform and making use of mongrel server…I would like to know how does mongrel communicate with seagull database. I could not find any reverent links only for mongrel or the combined … Kindly do help me Thank You Advait ---
**Author:** ![advait](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@advait](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/advait)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-or-mongrel/118415/2 "2007-10-26T18:55:59Z")
On 10/26/07, Advait B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hello, > > I have started newly working on ruby on rails platform and making use of > mongrel server…I would like to know how does mongrel communicate > with seagull database. Mongrel provides the application container for your Rails application. It receives an HTTP request, parses it, and passes that parsed request into the Mongrel handler that invokes Rails. Your application does whatever it does, and then Rails, via its Mongrel handler, passes a response back to Mongrel. Mongrel generates an HTTP response and sends it back to the browser. Mongrel doesn’t do anything with databases. That is the purview of your application. Check with an appropriate Rails forum to see if anyone knows how to use Seagull with a Rails app. Kirk H.