From: Thomas Enebo Date: 2007-12-05T01:07:23+09:00 Subject: Re: What is the best way to interact with a JDBC database Venks wrote: > Actually, I haven't tried Jruby except reading about it. I am using Ruby as > a glue to put together all the tasks I need including Database access, File > I/O and all the stuff that comes with a heavy duty batch programming. It's > my understanding that JRuby doesn't provide all the classes and I would like > to avoid using JRuby just for this requirement of accessing a JDBC database. > > Out of personal interest...Which classes are missing for you in JRuby? We have an interest in filling in gaps in our implementation. -Tom > On Dec 3, 2007 6:43 PM, Dan wrote: > > >> Just out of interest, what was your problem with JRuby? >> >> I had a similar issue with an Oracle RDB database running on VMS that only >> has .NET (beta) and JDBC drivers. So I went with JRuby using >> activerecord-jdbc and it has been working rather well for me. A few minor >> issues here and there, but nothing major. >> >> >> -- Thomas E Enebo JRuby Core Developer, http://www.bloglines.com/blog/ThomasEEnebo