Hello James, JB> Joe Van Dyk wrote: >>> >> >> >> If you use Migrations (introduced very recently with Rails), you can >> specify the database structure in Rails. All that's needed is for you >> to create the database. JB> Oh, so as I develop my application and change my objects, the database JB> changes along with it? Interesting. Normally yes. This is done once after a restart of the server - at least in the frameworks i know. But of course this only works with application server frameworks and databases which have an 'alter table' (so not with Sybase or MSSQL Server) -- Best regards, emailto: scholz at scriptolutions dot com Lothar Scholz http://www.ruby-ide.com CTO Scriptolutions Ruby, PHP, Python IDE 's