From: EZ Date: 2007-02-16T11:34:54+09:00 Subject: Connecting to Oracle error Hi, I just downloaded Ruby and Watir as well and my local XE Oracle database and trying a basic connection to Oracle database and I am getting this error: "custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require': no such file to load -- oci8 (LoadError)." Here is my code: require 'oci8' connection = OCI8.new('ops$etfiop', 'etfiop', 'XE') connection.exec("select * from dual") do |row| puts 'dummy: ' + row[0] # outputs "dummy: X" end connection.logoff Any ideas??? Thanks, EZ -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.