From: Michael Neumann <uu9r@...>
Date: 2002-06-03T18:58:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Question: Recommended Postgresql interface?

On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 02:50:15PM +0900, Sean Russell wrote:
> Jeremy Henty wrote:
> 
> > Recent postings along the lines of "I am using ruby-postgres" tend to
> > get "why not use Ruby/DBI" answers.  So is Ruby/DBI the way to go?
> 
> Well, AFAIK (I installed DBI a looong time ago), Ruby/DBI uses 
> ruby-postgresql.  Again, I may be way off-base here, but I believe that DBI 
> is predominantly an API layer on top of other DB interfaces.  In the case 
> of PostgreSQL, I believe that you'll find that if you try to install DBI 
> with access for PostgreSQL, you'll be required to install ruby-postgresql.

Ruby/DBI is a layer on top of ruby-postgresql. Because of this, it's performance
is not that good (I guess factor 2-3 compared to plain ruby-postgresql). 

But it's easier to use.

Regards,

  Michael