Magic Multi-connections in Ruby on Rails

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Narnach posted a link to drnicwilliams.com and tagged it with database, ruby, rails, multi, multiple, DrNic, twitter

Following the Twitter database scaling thingy, Dr. Nic wrote a gem that added multi-database support to Ruby on Rails. Problem solved. Rails now has support for connecting to multiple databases.

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A sideline analysis of the blowout of the Twitter multi-database scaling thing can be found here: http://glu.ttono.us/articles/2007/04/15/on-twitter-rails-and-community