rails mysql setup

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$ gem install mysql2

Set this before running rake db:migrate

$ export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/mysql/lib/"

config/database.yaml:

development:
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  reconnect: false
  database: DBNAME
  pool: 5
  username: USERNAME
  password: PASSWORD
  host: HOST

To run migrations on production, do

$ rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV="production"