README.rdoc in spatial_adapter-0.3.1 vs README.rdoc in spatial_adapter-1.0.0
- old
+ new
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This is the preferred method of installation, and will pull in the required
dependencies as well.
gem install spatial_adapter
-In your Rails app, you can add a gem dependency in environment.rb:
+In a Rails app, you can add a gem dependency in environment.rb:
config.gem "spatial_adapter"
=== As a Rails Plugin
In your Rails project, run the following:
script/plugin install git://github.com/fragility/spatial_adapter.git
You need to have Git installed first.
+
+== Configuration
+
+Choose the database type for which you would like to use spatial_adapter, and
+load each with
+
+ require 'spatial_adapter/[database]'
+
+where [database] should be replaced with one of the following:
+
+- postgresql
+- mysql
+
+For example to use the PostgreSQL spatial adapter:
+
+ require 'spatial_adapter/postgresql'
+
+In a Rails app, spatial_adapter will automatically load the adapter for the database
+specified in your database.yml configuration.
== Operations
Geometric columns in your ActiveRecord models now appear just like any other
column of other basic data types. They can also be dumped in ruby schema mode