From: Michael Libby <mcl@...>
Date: 2006-05-02T05:33:24+09:00
Subject: Re: ODBC Database Connectivity

On 5/1/06, Alan <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote:> Hi,>> I am having such hard time to connect to a ODBC data source. (Windows> XP)>> I have C# and ADO.NET background and I am shocked when I see there is so> little database connectivity support for Ruby!
Really? I've never had a problem, using MySQL, MS Access, MS SQLServer, Oracle, and others...

> Am I missing something or Ruby is not good for connecting to databases?
http://ruby-dbi.rubyforge.org/ is the home page for Ruby DBI, whichprovides DB connectivity, ODBC should work for most DBs at the least Iwould think (If you are on Windows and can create a DSN for the datasource, that is).
 -Michael