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...del basis. It is useful when you have multiple applications sharing the same data, in other words, this is just a nicer way of using “Model.establish_connection(database)”. Example: ======= First create a ‘shared’ database configuration in config/database.yml: shared: adapter: mysql database: shared_database username: user password: password host: dbs_host Next tell your model that it should connect the the ‘shared’ database and use the table there… class ZipCode < ActiveRecord::Base # Uses the ''shared'' database in all environments uses_connection :shared, :in => :al...