On Heroku, I installed the new heroku-postgresql dev version, moving from the traditional shared-database.

$ heroku addons:add heroku-postgresql:dev
----> Adding heroku-postgresql:dev to myapp... done, v5 (free)
      Attached as HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_SILVER
      Database has been created and is available
        ! WARNING: dev is in beta
        !          increased risk of data loss and downtime
        !          send feedback to [email protected]

$ heroku pg:info HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_SILVER
=== HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_SILVER
Plan         Dev
Status       available
Connections  1
PG Version   9.1.3
Created      2012-06-01 14:23 UTC
Data Size    0
Tables       0
Rows         0
Conn Info    "host=ec2-xx-xx-xxx-xxx.compute-1.amazonaws.com
             port=5432 dbname=xxxxxxxxxxx
             user=xxxxxxxxxx sslmode=require
             password=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

$ heroku pg:promote HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_SILVER
-----> Promoting HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_SILVER to DATABASE_URL... done

That’s all about trying out Heroku heroku-postgresql from the Gemba.

Reference Information

• [heroku][ruby] heroku-postgresql:dev に移行した - HsbtDiary(2012-05-16)

That’s all from the Gemba.