Re: Determining current database programmatically

Fran Fabrizio <ffabrizio@mmrd.com> writes:

> One alternative I can think of is to have a column in the databases
> that list the email address that the message should go to, but this
> means that I would no longer be able to use the same data loading
> scripts on both databases like I can do now.  I can do it this way
> if necessary but I was looking for something a little more dynamic.

Really, I'd go ahead and do the above.  It means you can change/add
email addresses easily without bringing the system down.  As for
loading, you could add an argument to the load script controlling
which set of addresses gets added, eg:

$ ./loaddata dev

$ ./loaddata prod

-Doug
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