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authorGlenn Gillen <me@glenngillen.com>2011-06-28 19:49:31 +0100
committerAaron Patterson <aaron.patterson@gmail.com>2011-07-20 16:23:31 -0700
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tree9e7d80b1f04674acbbfad67abc86fa93831316cc /activerecord
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Add documentation for URL connection strings.
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-rw-r--r--activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb
index c34bb55054..ca83173d3a 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ module ActiveRecord
# "database" => "path/to/dbfile"
# )
#
+ # Or a URL:
+ #
+ # ActiverRecord::Base.establish_connection(
+ # "postgres://myuser:mypass@localhost/somedatabase"
+ # )
+ #
# The exceptions AdapterNotSpecified, AdapterNotFound and ArgumentError
# may be returned on an error.
def self.establish_connection(spec = nil)