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RailsCasts Episode #389: Multitenancy with PostgreSQL

http://railscasts.com/episodes/389-multitenancy-with-postgresql

Requires Ruby 1.9.2 or higher.

Commands used in this episode

rails db
rails g model tenant subdomain
rake db:migrate
rails c
rails g migration add_sticky_to_topics sticky:boolean
rails g migration add_name_to_tenants name

Commands used in rails console

t = Tenant.create! subdomain: "cheese"
c = t.connection
c.execute("create schema tenant1")
c.schema_search_path = "tenant1"
load 'db/schema.rb'
Post.all
Tenant.all
c.execute("drop table tenants")
c.schema_search_path = "tenant1, public"
Tenant.all
Post.all
Tenant.create! subdomain: "chunkybacon"

Commands used in rails dbconsole

\dt
\dn
create schema foo;
create table foo.items ();
delete from items
delete from foo.items
show search_path;
set search_path to foo, public;
delete from items
drop schema foo cascade