Rails - Sep 2005 - Can I use MySQL password with Rails ? It works!

I''m setting up Rails on my windows xp system using the Onlamp tutorial
(cookbook
application) but I''m using
An existing MySQL 4.0.21 installation ( I already have a PHP project using
MySQL).  The
MySQL root user already has a password.  Will it work if I just put a password
in the
config\database\yml file?

Well, I tried it and it works, so why do the instructions say not to use a
password ?

I need to support the PHP app and don''t want to mess with the database
if I don''t have to.

Warren Seltzer

The Onlamp tutorial assumes you just installed mysql with the default
options (a blank root password). In your case, you already set it up
differently, and did the right thing by putting your password into the
database.yml file.

Jacob

On 9/29/05, Warren Seltzer <warrens@actcom.net.il>
wrote:
> I'm setting up Rails on my windows xp system using the Onlamp tutorial
(cookbook
> application) but I'm using
> An existing MySQL 4.0.21 installation ( I already have a PHP project using
MySQL).  The
> MySQL root user already has a password.  Will it work if I just put a
password in the
> config\database\yml file?
>
> Well, I tried it and it works, so why do the instructions say not to use a
password ?
>
> I need to support the PHP app and don't want to mess with the database
if I don't have to.
>
> Warren Seltzer
>
>
>
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