database.yml

# dynamically determining the MySQL socket in use

<% socket = ["/tmp/mysql.sock", 
           "/opt/local/var/run/mysql5/mysqld.sock", 
           "/tmp/mysqld.sock", 
           "/var/run/mysqld.sock"].detect { |socket| File.exist?(socket) } %>

development:
  encoding: utf8
  username: root
  password:
  database: iqvoc_development
<% if defined?(JRuby) %>
  adapter: jdbcmysql
  hostname: localhost
<% else %>
  adapter: mysql
  socket: <%= socket %>
<% end %>