From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2006-11-08T01:48:36+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby-oci8 install problem. Oracle instant client + os x + rails

On 11/7/06, keenytn1@hotmail.com <keenytn1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Perhaps some of you may be able to shed some light on the following. I
> have oracle express installed on a window machine. I have installed
> oracle instant client on my macbook and can connect with sqlplus and
> via
> a browser no problem.
>
> So far so good.
>
> Now I want to install OCI8 driver to use oracle with rails. I run the
> following command:

For reasons known only to themselves, Oracle has yet to release an
Instant Client built for the new Intel Macs.  One 'fix' (which I
hesitate even to mention) is to build both the client and Ruby itself
for PowerPC. That way OS X will run them under the 'Rosetta' emulation
layer.

A better fix would be opening an Oracle ticket to get them to release
Intel-compatible libraries for the Mac. It's really irritating,
because Ruby works great with Oracle.