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Asked: 2026-06-18T04:23:25+00:00

I’m trying to install Rails (On Mac OSX) and I basically have it all

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I’m trying to install Rails (On Mac OSX) and I basically have it all done now, but I’m currently learning from a book that uses SQLite 3, I just want to use MySQL, will the statements for talking to the Database be the same throughout the book? Also, when you set your Mysql password/username you do so in /config/database.yml but that’s visible from the web, and anybody can navigate there and see my password and what not, is there something I am missing here?

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    • ActiveRecord will abstract any interaction with your database. As long as you use it you don’t have to worry if you are on SQLite or MySQL.
    • The only public facing folder is the public folder. This contrasts with PHP applications where everything is exposed (and must be exposed in order for the web server to interact with it).
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