I just put an entry in /etc/hosts on my mac to resolve the database server hostname to 127.0.0.1. That way I'm not changing anything at all that may later in a quick bug-fix -> deploy mode I might miss. That way the connect string is always the same. I run my apps on EC2 using the RDS so the hostname of the DB server is always the same.
On Jan 10, 9:04 am, Jim Steil <j...@qlf.com> wrote: > Hi > > I'm looking for input on how people manage their database connection > when setting up your app in a Mercurial repository. > > If I just add my app and db.py to my repository, then every time I setup > a different development machine to access it, the app will, by default, > point to the same database. But, this database connection isn't correct > when I'm working on my laptop or from a home workstation and therefore, > I need a different way to specify my db connection info. > > The solution I've come up with is to have a config file (using > configobj) hold my db information, and read it in db.py to get the > info. But, then this causes even more overhead on each request. > > Also, what do you do about your databases sub-directory? I would think > that I don't want to track any changes there, but when my repo gets > cloned an empty databases directory should be placed there. > > -Jim
