Re: Complete Newbie needs help!

Brad
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:09:56 -0000

Hey john,

How do i make mongrel the default server?

Brad

On Sep 11, 2:47 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
s.net> wrote:
> John T. wrote:
> > Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
>
> >> I do not think I would advise using SQLite -- it''s kind
of underpowered
> >> for Rails, as I understand.  I would, however, suggest using
PostgreSQL
> >> instead of mySQL.
>
> > I''m not suggesting use SQLite for production, but for
development.
> > SQLite is just fine, and is plenty powerful.
>
> Not if you''re used to actually using relatively powerful DB
features.
> It may indeed be good for a beginner, however.
>
> > Not to mention for someone
> > just getting into Rails, one less thing to deal with - setting up a
> > whole database server like MySql and Postgres.
>
> Perhaps true.  But that has to be done sometime, and problems may arise
> with the switch in DBs.
>
> > SQLite is built into OS
> > X, and as I''ve reminded myself, the gem is already installed
in OS X.
> > (Many services and applications use SQLite as their backend database -
> > Safari, Firefox to name two)
>
> I know that -- I believe that the system CoreData routines use it, so
> it''s easily available.  I just don''t think it''s
well suited to Web apps.
>
> Best,
> --
> Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org
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