MySQL Notes:
  * It's recommended to install MySQL >= 5.5.x
  * Your system will require MySQL, MySQL-Server, MySQL-Devel and Ruby's MySQL libraries installed
  * You will also need to "sudo gem install dm-mysql-adapter"

  * UTF8 notes. Update/Add in my.cnf (or my.ini on Win) the following. Then save and reboot MySQL.
    - Read more here: http://cameronyule.com/2008/07/configuring-mysql-to-use-utf-8
        [mysql]
          default-character-set=utf8
        [mysqld]
          character-set-server=utf8
          collation-server=utf8_general_ci
          init-connect='SET NAMES utf8'
        [client]
          default-character-set=utf8

   * Please note that the db must exists. Schema will be created automatically.
   mysql> CREATE DATABASE beef CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
   mysql> grant all privileges on beef.* to 'beef'@'localhost' identified by 'beef123';

        

Postgres Notes
  * You will need to install the postgresql package as well as the libpq-dev package
  * You will need to "sudo gem install dm-postgres-adapter"
  * As the postgres user:
    - createuser -P beef
    - createdb --owner=beef beef
  * you may also need to change the pg_hba.conf file in /etc/postgresql so that the local all all optionis labeled as either trust or md5