From: Tom Copeland <tom@...>
Date: 2009-09-29T14:16:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and PostgreSQL?


On Sep 28, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Charles Johnson wrote:
>>
> You will want the "pg" gem as opposed to the ruby-pg gem for a  
> start. You did not specify your platform, but you will need a  
> compiler to install the gem. There is a pure ruby connector for  
> postgres: postgres-pr which provides the same functionality though  
> with slower performance.

I posted a little roundup of Ruby PostgreSQL drivers recently:

http://railsonpostgresql.com/2009/09/04/rails-postgresql-and-database-drivers

To summarize, "gem install pg", and things are much better than they  
were a few years ago :-)

Yours,

Tom