From: Ben Edwards <funkytwig@...>
Date: 2007-05-08T17:38:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Witch Oracle library should I use

On 04/05/07, Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 12:27:13AM +0900, Ben Edwards wrote:
> > Have had a look on rubyforge and done a little looking around but not
> > totaly sure which ruby oracle library's I should use.
> >
> > I am connecting to a 10g database.
> >
> > Ruby9i and Ruby/OCI8 seem to be the contenders, or is there something else.
> >
> > What would people recommend?
>
> ruby-oci8. It's been around for a long time, and it works well. It's the API
> used by ActiveRecord's Oracle adaptor, and it also comes with a DBD for use
> with ruby-dbi. I'm using it with Oracle 10g now.

ruby-dbi seems like a good idea but its Beta and there hasn't been a
release for over a year.  Don't think the folks here will trust it in
a production environment.

Ben

> I've never seen or used Ruby9i though.
>
>


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