I came across a use case where I needed provide session variables for a connection. For example some of these [1]. I see it was reported here [2] 5 years ago. Would something like passing: session_variables: time_zone=UTC,someVar=someValue in the database.yml config be acceptable as a solution? Thanks, [1] http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/server-system-variables.html [2] https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/3579-activerecord-not-settingchecking-mysql-session-variable-time_zone Vipul A.M. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.