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Hi, In "Agilge Web Development With Rails" on page 217, an example of foreign keys is shown. I am however unable to find a definition of wheater the naming of the index is significant. On the above mentioned page, this line is shown in the example: constraint fk_items_product foreign key (product_id) references products(id) In "fk_items_product", "items" is

I have two rails applications that modify/view the same data. Is there a DRY way of sharing a model (not just database) between two separate applications? -- Mike

Hi, I am a RoR newbie and I''ve been experimenting with different databases (mySQL, PostgreSQL, etc.) and different table types (MyISAM vs. InnoDB). Is there a preferred database/table type for RoR development. I like how MySQL''s InnoDB tables enforce referential integrity, but these tables require a lot more storage space then MyISAM tables. For everyone with a lot of RoR