RadRails ships with a Data Navigator that allows for basic inspection and manipulation of databases. The SQL Explorer plugin is a third-party tool that gives more advanced querying and editing capabilities.
Introduction
This group of Help topics will teach you how to install the SQL Explorer plug-in and how to configure it for use with a database in RadRails.
Note: This Help topic is based on the Rolling with Ruby on Rails tutorial from ONLamp:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/01/20/rails.html?page=1
Instructions
Follow the instructions in the Help topics below in order to configure the Eclipse SQL Explorer plug-in for RadRails:
- Installing the SQL Explorer plug-in
- Deploying ConnectorJ
- Creating a new driver in Eclipse
- Creating a new connection in SQL Explorer
- Connecting to the database application
- Using SQL Explorer