Accessing the Rails Console on Heroku
Learn how to access and run queries in the Heroku console for a Ruby on Rails application.
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In this last video related to deployment, I'd like to show you how to access your production database on the command line.

It's actually quite similar to how you would use it locally.

To start, type:

heroku run rails c

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Now, you can query, create, edit, view or do just about anything like you did it on the local system. For example, I'm going to check the last project record with the command

Project.last

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This can be a powerful tool to access your production database, and you're sure to use it often, sometimes even on an everyday basis. It can be particularly useful for debugging your code.