# Activerecord-oracle-adapter missing in Rails 2.0.2

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-oracle-adapter-missing-in-rails-2-0-2/123540>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 18, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-oracle-adapter-missing-in-rails-2-0-2/123540 "2007-12-18T15:56:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reacher)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-oracle-adapter-missing-in-rails-2-0-2/123540/1 "2007-12-18T15:56:53Z")

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Subject line says it all. Was oracle support canceled? Delayed?  
Forgotten?

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**Author:** ![reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reacher)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-oracle-adapter-missing-in-rails-2-0-2/123540/2 "2007-12-18T16:00:25Z")

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You want to read this:

[http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2007/9/30/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-your-db-adapter-may-have-left-the-building](http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2007/9/30/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-your-db-adapter-may-have-left-the-building)

2007/12/18, Reacher [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

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**Author:** ![reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reacher)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-oracle-adapter-missing-in-rails-2-0-2/123540/3 "2007-12-18T16:02:10Z")

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Did a little more research. The last version I see the Oracle adapter  
in (along with DB2, Firebird and a handful of others) is ActiveRecord  
1.15.6

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**Author:** ![reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reacher)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-oracle-adapter-missing-in-rails-2-0-2/123540/4 "2007-12-18T16:15:42Z")

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Hmm. gem isntall activerecord-oracle-adapter is not working for me.  
I don’t see it as a package on rubyforge either. Gonna keep  
looking …

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**Author:** ![reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reacher)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-oracle-adapter-missing-in-rails-2-0-2/123540/5 "2007-12-18T16:30:57Z")

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2007/12/18, Reacher [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> Hmm. gem isntall activerecord-oracle-adapter is not working for me.  
> I don’t see it as a package on rubyforge either. Gonna keep  
> looking …

Try :

sudo gem install activerecord-oracle-adapter --source  
[http://gems.rubyonrails.org](http://gems.rubyonrails.org)

HTH,

– Jean-François.

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**Author:** ![reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@reacher](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reacher)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/activerecord-oracle-adapter-missing-in-rails-2-0-2/123540/6 "2007-12-18T16:41:32Z")

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On Dec 18, 10:29 am, Jean-François Trân [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> HTH,
> 
> – Jean-François.

That did it. Thanks!