# Can't connect to Sybase

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-connect-to-sybase/106914>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 15, 2007, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-connect-to-sybase/106914 "2007-06-15T10:46:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 10:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-connect-to-sybase/106914/1 "2007-06-15T10:46:27Z")

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I followed this tutorial for enable Sybase with Rails  
[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/SybaseASEonWin32](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/SybaseASEonWin32)

and get this error.

RuntimeError in Catalog itemsController#index

ctx\_init failed

RAILS\_ROOT: ./script/…/config/…  
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt/sybsql.rb:251:in `create' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt/sybsql.rb:251:in `initialize’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/sybase\_adapter.rb:46:in  
`new' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sybase_adapter.rb:46:in `sybase\_connection’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_specification.rb:262:in  
`send' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:262:in `connection\_without\_query\_cache=’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active\_record/query\_cache.rb:54:in  
`connection=' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:230:in `retrieve\_connection’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_specification.rb:78:in  
`connection' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/composite_primary_keys-0.8.6/lib/composite_primary_keys/base.rb:238:in `columns’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active\_record/calculations.rb:257:in  
`column_for' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active_record/calculations.rb:116:in `calculate’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.15.3/lib/active\_record/calculations.rb:45:in  
`count' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action_controller/pagination.rb:173:in `count\_collection\_for\_pagination’  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action\_controller/pagination.rb:197:in  
`paginator_and_collection_for' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.3/lib/action_controller/pagination.rb:130:in `paginate’  
#{RAILS\_ROOT}/app/controllers/catalog\_items\_controller.rb:15:in `list' #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/catalog_items_controller.rb:6:in `index’

I have tried to scaffold one table. It don’t work.  
It seems that I don’t get InitialContext.  
I use rails 1.2.3, ruby 1.8.5

Can someone help, please?

Roman

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**Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-connect-to-sybase/106914/2 "2007-06-15T11:39:37Z")

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Sorry.  
My Sybase has false config.  
It works.

Roman

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**Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cant-connect-to-sybase/106914/3 "2010-05-14T22:38:00Z")

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Roman Ilin wrote:

> Sorry.  
> My Sybase has false config.  
> It works.
> 
> Roman

Hi ,

Can I know how to did you change your config file ?

b/c I am getting same error when I run the script .