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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)