# Error connecting to Sybase (odd) **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 28, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-connecting-to-sybase-odd/174570 "2009-08-28T21:37:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![trevoke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@trevoke](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/trevoke)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-connecting-to-sybase-odd/174570/1 "2009-08-28T21:37:59Z")
I have activerecord-sybase-adapter installed – and Sybase itself, so I have the drivers. In irb or in the rails console, this works: ActiveRecord::Base.establish\_connection( :adapter =\> “sybase”, :database =\> “mydb”, :host =\> “myhost”, :myport =\> myport, :username =\> “read\_only”, :password =\> “read\_only”) In Rails, I have this in my database.yml: pacs: adapter: sybase database: mydb username: read\_only password: read\_only host: myhost port: myport And then I have the following model: class PacsPatient \< ActiveRecord::Base establish\_connection “pacs” set\_table\_name “patient” set\_primary\_key “pat\_ckey” end So, when I go to the console and try to do something like… > > PacsPatient.find 1 #Class:0x481a610: connect failed from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt/sybct.rb:27:in `connect' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt/sybct.rb:27:in`open’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt/sybsql.rb:269:in `initialize' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-sybase-adapter-1.0.0.9250/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sybase_adapter.rb:46:in`new’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-sybase-adapter-1.0.0.9250/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/sybase\_adapter.rb:46:in `sybase_connection' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:223:in`send’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:223:in `new_connection' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:245:in`checkout\_new\_connection’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:188:in `checkout' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:184:in`loop’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:184:in `checkout' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in`synchronize’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:183:in `checkout' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:98:in`connection’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:326:in `retrieve_connection' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:123:in`retrieve\_connection’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_specification.rb:115:in `connection' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:3103:in`quoted\_table\_name’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/base.rb:1583:in `find_one' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:1574:in`find\_from\_ids’ from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_record/base.rb:616:in `find’ from (irb):1\>\> So it seems that I’m doing something wrong… But what?