From: Florian Gilcher <flo@...>
Date: 2008-11-27T21:50:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Read Database Metadata


On Nov 27, 2008, at 6:44 AM, Xd Ork wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>  I'm reviewing Ruby if its appropriate for my project. I'm planning to
> port my existing application made from Java to Ruby but before I do  
> that
> I have to check if Ruby have capablities of doing the following:
>
>  1. Connect to different Database.
>  2. Read Database Metadata.
>  3. JDBC like way of communicating with databases.
>

If you want do have a behaviour that matches JDBC, use JRuby and  
JDBC ;).

But to make things clear: Ruby as well as Java has no idea what a  
database is.
So it is not a "Ruby capability". But there are enough well-tested  
libraries for
doing this in a lot of fashions that you can imagine. Databases are no  
problem.

Regards,
Florian Gilcher