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| author | Manik Juneja <mjuneja@manik-junejas-computer.local> | 2008-05-12 23:43:31 +0530 |
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| committer | Manik Juneja <mjuneja@manik-junejas-computer.local> | 2008-05-12 23:43:31 +0530 |
| commit | cbd5db8f5165f013069b02414f9bf762d88f619f (patch) | |
| tree | a35208e2c55e72f6fa453c7cfe6e54b71b92881a | |
| parent | e9a0526d5b3fc28a81eb47dfb5f6086112d90362 (diff) | |
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minor changes in railties/README. Added dbconsole introduction
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diff --git a/railties/README b/railties/README index b5f4eee4b7..2af0fb1133 100644 --- a/railties/README +++ b/railties/README @@ -145,7 +145,9 @@ and also on programming in general. Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your Mongrel or Webrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of execution at any point -in the code, investigate and change the model, AND then resume execution! Example: +in the code, investigate and change the model, AND then resume execution! +You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging mode. With gems, use 'gem install ruby-debug' +Example: class WeblogController < ActionController::Base def index @@ -183,6 +185,13 @@ Passing an argument will specify a different environment, like <tt>script/consol To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run <tt>reload!</tt> +== dbconsole + +You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>script/dbconsole</tt>. +You would be connected to the database with the credentials defined in database.yml. +Starting the script without arguments will connect you to the development database. Passing an +argument will connect you to a different database, like <tt>script/dbconsole production</tt>. +Currently works for mysql, postgresql and sqlite. == Description of Contents @@ -200,13 +209,13 @@ app/models app/views Holds the template files for the view that should be named like - weblogs/index.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use eRuby + weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use eRuby syntax. app/views/layouts Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the common header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout using the - <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.erb. Inside default.erb, + <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.html.erb. Inside default.html.erb, call <% yield %> to render the view using this layout. app/helpers @@ -243,4 +252,5 @@ test vendor External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins subdirectory. + If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under vendor/rails/. This directory is in the load path. |