1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/Rakefile b/activerecord/Rakefile
index 013e81c959..9824787658 100644
--- a/activerecord/Rakefile
+++ b/activerecord/Rakefile
@@ -89,18 +89,23 @@ end
 
 namespace :db do
   namespace :mysql do
+    connection_arguments = lambda do |connection_name|
+      config = ARTest.config["connections"]["mysql2"][connection_name]
+      ["--user=#{config["username"]}", "--password=#{config["password"]}", ("--host=#{config["host"]}" if config["host"])].join(" ")
+    end
+
     desc "Build the MySQL test databases"
     task :build do
       config = ARTest.config["connections"]["mysql2"]
-      %x( mysql --user=#{config["arunit"]["username"]} --password=#{config["arunit"]["password"]} -e "create DATABASE #{config["arunit"]["database"]} DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4" )
-      %x( mysql --user=#{config["arunit2"]["username"]} --password=#{config["arunit2"]["password"]} -e "create DATABASE #{config["arunit2"]["database"]} DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4" )
+      %x( mysql #{connection_arguments["arunit"]} -e "create DATABASE #{config["arunit"]["database"]} DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4" )
+      %x( mysql #{connection_arguments["arunit2"]} -e "create DATABASE #{config["arunit2"]["database"]} DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4" )
     end
 
     desc "Drop the MySQL test databases"
     task :drop do
       config = ARTest.config["connections"]["mysql2"]
-      %x( mysqladmin --user=#{config["arunit"]["username"]} --password=#{config["arunit"]["password"]} -f drop #{config["arunit"]["database"]} )
-      %x( mysqladmin --user=#{config["arunit2"]["username"]} --password=#{config["arunit2"]["password"]} -f drop #{config["arunit2"]["database"]} )
+      %x( mysqladmin #{connection_arguments["arunit"]} -f drop #{config["arunit"]["database"]} )
+      %x( mysqladmin #{connection_arguments["arunit2"]} -f drop #{config["arunit2"]["database"]} )
     end
 
     desc "Rebuild the MySQL test databases"