From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2007-01-09T08:11:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby-Oci8

On 1/8/07, Shiwei Zhang <shiwei.zhang@oracle.com> wrote:
> Wilson Bilkovich wrote:
>
> > On 1/8/07, Shiwei Zhang <shiwei.zhang@oracle.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Did you meet any problems when using Ruby-Oci8?
> >> Or do you expect any new functions/enhancements regarding Ruby-Oci8?
> >>
> >
> > Ruby/OCI8 is one of my favorite Ruby libraries. Very nice.
> > The only thing I have occasionally wanted is better support for
> > URL-style connect strings, rather than needing Net8/TNS-style entries.
> > There are connect strings supported by the InstantClient that OCI8
> > cannot handle.
> >
> > Someone at Oracle should help out with that *hint hint*. :)
> >
> > --Wilson.
> >
> Can you give us an example of the URL you prefer best? For instance, if
> the connect string is "hr/hr@211.33.33.112:1521/orcl", what is the
> URL-style connect string you expect  for it?
>
>

Just what you've written there would be fine by me.
To my knowledge, ruby/oci8 does not allow that syntax.