From: djberg96@... (Daniel Berger)
Date: 2003-06-26T11:50:06+09:00
Subject: Re: DBD for Oracle9i

Jim Cain <list@jimcain.us> wrote in message news:<3EFA28DA.9010005@jimcain.us>...
> Hi all. I was looking for a Ruby interface to 9i that would handle all 
> the latest features, including collections, object navigation and so on, 
> but I didn't find one. So over the weekend I started writing my own. 
> I've coded the basic functionality as a C extention library that uses 
> OCI 9. It connects and executes, and it will fetch the common Oracle 
> types. Now I need to add all the features I want and then put a nice DBI 
> face on it.
> 
> If there is a general interest in this, I can release my source under 
> the GPL.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jim

(Hopefully this isn't a double post - browser problems)

I would absolutely love to see this.  There hasn't been an update to
the Oracle driver for Ruby in over 2 years.

I would like to make a few requests.  First, that basic functionality
(select, insert, etc) be backwards compatible with Oracle 8, if not
Oracle 7.  Second, that connects be non-blocking.  By that I mean I
should be able to wrap a connect in a timeout and have it actually
*work*.  Lastly, that it be compatible with the DBI module.

Just my .02

Regards,

Dan