From: stephen.tashiro@...
Date: 2006-03-24T07:08:51+09:00
Subject: Re: What is a stable way to use postgres with Ruby?


stephen.tashiro@us.army.mil wrote:
> >From the web, I gather the "postgres ruby extension" and "postgres pure
> ruby" are two different ways to use SQL from ruby via postgres.   Are
> the two methods about the same with respect to their "maturity" and
> stability?
>
> On the postgres ruby extension page:
> http://ruby.scripting.ca/postgres/
>
> Are the "snapshot" versions are meant to be beta versions or are they
> stable? ( Is the last stable release really from 2003 ?)
>
> And, by the way, what is a *.gem file?

>From the OCS Solutions website:
"What is a Ruby Gem?
A Ruby gem is a plugin that adds functionality to the Ruby programming
lanaguage. We always keep up to date with the latest and most popular
Ruby gems."

This leaves the questions:
Does the
http://ruby.scripting.ca/postgres/archive/ruby-postgres-20051221.tar.gz
compile to produce a gem?
Is the file
http://ruby.scripting.ca/postgres/archive/ruby-postgres-0.7.1.2005.12.21.gem
different that the one the .tar.gz file would compile to?