How do I connect a mysql database file to a local ruby on rails application.

Question

I have a database file (name.sql) that was sent to me that I am supposed to connect to a rails app locally hosted on my mac, that I downloaded (forked?) from github. How do I set up my database.yml file to connect with the sql files.

Answer 1

Probably easiest: you need to run a database server on your mac. Then import your data into your database server.

Tutorials on installing rails on a mac will also talk about how to install the local database server and setting up the database.yml file