Ruby and SQL Queries

Ruby
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Hi all,
I am new to Ruby ( and to Miscrosft SQL). I want to be able to do very
basic queries from ruby to a external MS SQL databse. I have searched
through the web and it seems you have to jump through hoops to get ruby
to talk to a SQL database.

  1. Install freedts

  2. Install sqlrelay

  3. ??

I installed freedts, but I am having problems install sqlrelay (gentoo).
Is there a easier way to do quieries in Ruby?

Thanks,
Otter

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Josh O. wrote:

  1. ??
    This may help

http://ruby-dbi.rubyforge.org/

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James B.

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On 3/27/06, Josh O. [email protected] wrote:

Hi all,
I am new to Ruby ( and to Miscrosft SQL). I want to be able to do very
basic queries from ruby to a external MS SQL databse. I have searched
through the web and it seems you have to jump through hoops to get ruby
to talk to a SQL database.

On windows using the 1 click installer ruby-dbi comes installed by
default with ODBC drivers and you can access MS-SQL that way without
installing anything.