From: David Ross <dross@...>
Date: 2004-11-19T02:07:35+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] postgres-pr (pure Ruby PostgreSQL)

Michael Neumann wrote:

> David Ross wrote:
>
>> Michael Neumann wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm proud to announce the first public "release" of postgres-pr. 
>>> This is a library to access PostgreSQL from Ruby without the need of 
>>> any C
>>> library.
>>>
>>> * You can use it only with newer 7.x databases that use 
>>> wire-protocol 3.
>>> * Lot's of stuff is missing, only the wire-protocol is quite complete.
>>>
>>> Quick Example:
>>>
>>>   > gem install postgres-pr
>>>   > irb -r rubygems
>>>
>>> Then in the interactive Ruby interpreter type (replace DBNAME and 
>>> DBUSER
>>> accordingly):
>>>
>>>   require 'postgres-pr/connection'
>>>   c = Connection.new('DBNAME', 'DBUSER')
>>>   c.query('SELECT 1+2')                  # => [["3"]]
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>>   Michael
>>>
>>>
>> oh neato. I'm glad someone made a pure ruby version.
>>
>> Is there an rpa?
>
>
> nope. maybe later, if it's better tested.
>
> Regards,
>
>   Michael
>
>
Maybe I'll throw it together then for batsman, I *love* postgres with a 
passion, and was going to use postgres as a backend for my project. I'm 
glad theres a pure ruby version, people hate compiling. Thanks a kilo 
Neumann

Ross
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