how to interacts with database in ruby

Question

i installed rails on ruby and i have mysql as a database installed now how i interacts with datbase uisng rails ,will i have to install mysql gems for ruby or what first step i have to do. in tutorials its written like that creates your rails applicationl like

rails appname

cd to appname

rails appname -d mysql

will it be enough to start interaction with mysql database without installing mysql gems??

Answer 1

Short answer is yes. If you installed rails, you most likely already have the mysql gem installed. If for some reason you don't, you can install it with gem install mysql.