title: How to deploy local MySQL database to Heroku
body: <p>I'm new to using Heroku and I have a Ruby/Sinatra app in which I plan on using a MySQL database as the main data store. </p>
  
  <p>However, I do not want to write results directly to the database on Heroku. Instead, I want to write the results to a local database, and then be able to easily deploy/update/copy my local DB to the "production" database on Heroku.</p>
  
  <p>How do I do this?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>