'Connect' a rails app to an already existing MySQL DB?

Question

So in my company we are slowly moving to Rails instead of PHP(Code Igniter to be precise). So, our actual PHP App is using a Mysql DB and I\'d like to connect a new Rails ap

Answer 1

There shouldn't be any harm in connecting your rails app to an existing database. You will need to watch for anything that goes against rails conventions (table names are plurals of models, for example) and either change the database (and your php app) or program around the problem in rails.

But the first step is simply to connect to the database and make models for the existing tables and see what works and what doesn't.

After that, post here with any specific problems.

As a suggestion, take a backup of your database and start out programming against that to build your application and be sure everything works safely.