From: Phillip Gawlowski Date: 2010-10-10T00:58:30+09:00 Subject: Re: ODBC app in Ruby - I don't believe it. On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Ed Reed wrote: > Phillip Gawlowski wrote: > >> Postgres, Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Informix, SAP ERP. > > There's no need to be a smart ass, you knew exactly what I was talking > about. > > From their own websites... [snip list o'vendors] You should also check the programming language bindings these vendors supply. You'll find that Ruby is lacking in pretty much all of them (Oracle provided a package for Ruby, but I don't think it's still supported; it's hard to find, anyway), leaving it to the Ruby community to provide support. And since the Ruby community is predominantly *NIX oriented, you can't expect Windows support automatically. If Ruby doesn't fit within your set of constraints (Win7 +ODBC + Web), move on, and pick something that does (e.g. Win7 + ASP.NET + SQL Server Express). -- Phillip Gawlowski Though the folk I have met, (Ah, how soon!) they forget When I've moved on to some other place, There may be one or two, When I've played and passed through, Who'll remember my song or my face.