From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2007-05-09T04:38:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Witch Oracle library should I use

On May 8, 2007, at 2:20 PM, Ball, Donald A Jr (Library) wrote:

>> I know the DBI has been handed off at least once.  My
>> understanding was also that the current maintainers aren't
>> too interested in resurrecting it.  I agree that it works,
>> but I'm not so sure not abandonware.  I know there are some
>> very old bugs in it still not fixed, though they are minor issues.
>>
>> Sequel is looking like a pretty promising library to replace
>> the DBI, but it doesn't yet support Oracle:
>>
>> http://sequel.rubyforge.org/
>
> Sequel seems to be more oriented towards ORM, competing with
> ActiveRecord.

True.  Of course, ActiveRecord can issue low-level queries and return  
results.  You don't have to use it's high-level ORM layer.  That  
almost makes it a viable alternative to the DBI, though some features  
are not present or well exposed from the lower-level.

As for reasons:  I sure find ActiveRecord easier to install for one.

James Edward Gray II