--- trunk/locker/bin/scripts-remove	2012-09-10 22:32:55.673904461 -0400
+++ trunk_oursrc/locker/bin/scripts-remove	2012-09-10 22:26:09.097752817 -0400
@@ -136,7 +136,34 @@
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo 
+#rails hack to drop foo_test, foo_development and foo_production
+
+railsuffixes=( "test" "development" "production" )
+
+for dbsuffix in ${railsuffixes[@]}; do
+    raildb=`sshrun "sql/bin$scriptsdev/get-next-database" "${addrend}_$dbsuffix"`
+    if [ "$raildb" = "${addrend}_${dbsuffix}1" ]; then
+	raildb="$lname+${addrend}_$dbsuffix"
+	dropped=`sshrun "sql/bin$scriptsdev/drop-database" "$raildb"`
+	if [ "$dropped" ]; then
+            echo "The rails database $raildb"
+            echo "was successfully removed."
+            attach sql 2>/dev/null
+	    if [ -f "/mit/sql/backup/$lname/$raildb.sql.gz" ]; then
+		echo "A one-day-old backup of your SQL database is"
+		echo "available in /mit/sql/backup/$lname".
+            fi
+	else
+            echo "ERROR:"
+            echo "The database $lname+$addrend_$dbsuffix"
+            echo "could not be automatically removed. You can"
+            echo "try removing it from http://sql.mit.edu/,"
+            echo "or you can contact sql@mit.edu for assistance."
+            exit 1
+	fi
+    fi
+done
+
 if [ "$sqldb" = "${addrend}1" ]; then
     sqldb="$lname+$addrend"
     dropped=`sshrun "sql/bin$scriptsdev/drop-database" "$sqldb"`