# Globalize DB dependencies (Oracle?)

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-db-dependencies-oracle/94804>\
**Category:** Rails I18n\
**Created:** [May 15, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-db-dependencies-oracle/94804 "2006-05-15T10:09:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![msojka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@msojka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/msojka)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-db-dependencies-oracle/94804/1 "2006-05-15T10:09:58Z")

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Having a look at  
[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/InternationalizationComparison](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/InternationalizationComparison)  
there are basically three options left (Localize seems dead,  
Multilingual might be a duplicate of Globalize and plain ri18n is  
probably too low level).

Unfortunatly Globalize seems to be DB dependent and there’s no Oracle  
support (I renamed the “feature” in the list above). What are the  
dependencies? Would it be easy to add Oracle support?

BTW: I asked this question in  
[http://wiki.globalize-rails.org/wiki/pages/Frequently+Asked+Questions](http://wiki.globalize-rails.org/wiki/pages/Frequently+Asked+Questions)  
too.

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**Author:** ![msojka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@msojka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/msojka)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-db-dependencies-oracle/94804/2 "2006-05-15T10:43:49Z")

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Globalize was loosely based on Multilingual, but I don’t think  
Multilingual  
is still under active development. Globalize is DB dependent, but  
there’s no  
DB-specific code in it. It may work on Oracle right now, it’s just never  
been tested. It would be great if you could give it a whirl, Martin.  
There  
are no dependencies, just install the plugin (note that there’s a new  
branch  
for Rails 1.1 – details at [http://globalize-rails.org/wiki](http://globalize-rails.org/wiki)), setup  
vendor/plugin/globalize/test/config/database.yml (you’ll want to  
configure  
the “test” section), and run the tests. I’d be happy to help you out  
with  
any problems.

Cheers,  
Josh  
[http://shnoo.gr](http://shnoo.gr)

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**Author:** ![msojka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@msojka](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/msojka)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/globalize-db-dependencies-oracle/94804/3 "2006-05-15T14:44:35Z")

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Hi Joshua,

thanks for the answer. I’ll give it a try and post the results here.