From: Chris White <cwprogram@...>
Date: 2011-08-01T04:09:42+09:00
Subject: Re: How to connect to and use Postgresql from Ruby


On Jul 31, 2011, at 11:54 AM, Chad Perrin wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 03:30:25AM +0900, Chris White wrote:
>> 
>> 1) Install Postgres
>  . . .
>> 14) Make note to self to fork that repository and push a fix
>> 15) ???
>> 16) Profit!
> 
> Why not just use Sequel or DataMapper?
> 
> -- 
> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

Performance, as ruby-pg interfaces directly with libpq. There are also chances that postgres offers specific functionality only accessible through a libpq interface. This comes down to the question of what the specific use case is for interfacing with postgres. 

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Chris White
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