class method `self.establish_connection`

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self.establish_connection(spec = nil)

Establishes the connection to the database. Accepts a hash as input where the :adapter key must be specified with the name of a database adapter (in lower-case) example for regular databases (MySQL, Postgresql, etc):

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
  :adapter  => "mysql",
  :host     => "localhost",
  :username => "myuser",
  :password => "mypass",
  :database => "somedatabase"
)

Example for SQLite database:

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
  :adapter => "sqlite",
  :database  => "path/to/dbfile"
)

Also accepts keys as strings (for parsing from YAML for example):

ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(
  "adapter" => "sqlite",
  "database"  => "path/to/dbfile"
)

The exceptions AdapterNotSpecified, AdapterNotFound and ArgumentError may be returned on an error.

Parameters

spec opt = nil

Source

# File activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb, line 51
    def self.establish_connection(spec = nil)
      case spec
        when nil
          raise AdapterNotSpecified unless defined? RAILS_ENV
          establish_connection(RAILS_ENV)
        when ConnectionSpecification
          self.connection_handler.establish_connection(name, spec)
        when Symbol, String
          if configuration = configurations[spec.to_s]
            establish_connection(configuration)
          else
            raise AdapterNotSpecified, "#{spec} database is not configured"
          end
        else
          spec = spec.symbolize_keys
          unless spec.key?(:adapter) then raise AdapterNotSpecified, "database configuration does not specify adapter" end

          begin
            require 'rubygems'
            gem "activerecord-#{spec[:adapter]}-adapter"
            require "active_record/connection_adapters/#{spec[:adapter]}_adapter"
          rescue LoadError
            begin
              require "active_record/connection_adapters/#{spec[:adapter]}_adapter"
            rescue LoadError
              raise "Please install the #{spec[:adapter]} adapter: `gem install activerecord-#{spec[:adapter]}-adapter` (#{$!})"
            end
          end

          adapter_method = "#{spec[:adapter]}_connection"
          if !respond_to?(adapter_method)
            raise AdapterNotFound, "database configuration specifies nonexistent #{spec[:adapter]} adapter"
          end

          remove_connection
          establish_connection(ConnectionSpecification.new(spec, adapter_method))
      end
    end

Defined in activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb line 51 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ActiveRecord::Base

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