# Displaying database

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-database/223127>\
**Category:** Ruby-Gnome 2\
**Created:** [September 22, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-database/223127 "2012-09-22T22:06:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@aris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/aris)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-database/223127/1 "2012-09-22T22:06:41Z")

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HI, I’m new to Gtk and need to know how I can display a table from query  
a database. I am using Glade to build the GUI.  
Any information is welcome

Thanks!!

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**Author:** ![mathid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mathid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mathid)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-database/223127/2 "2012-09-24T17:42:03Z")

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So this really isn’t a Gtk question too much, unless your asking how to  
display them. As for getting the data out of the DB/

What type of database? I use the oci8 gem for Oracle DBs.  
[http://rubygems.org/gems/ruby-oci8](http://rubygems.org/gems/ruby-oci8)

It very simple to use. Just use that to grab the data you are looking  
for and then display it in your GUI however you want.

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**Author:** ![mathid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mathid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mathid)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/displaying-database/223127/3 "2012-11-12T08:56:06Z")

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Hi Mathid:

Typically rubyists use ActiveRecord to use databases. I would urge you  
to look at this video that shows a really easy way to display records  
from any database in a listbox:

[http://visualruby.net/site/ActiveRecord%20Tutorial.html](http://visualruby.net/site/ActiveRecord%20Tutorial.html)

Yours,  
Eric