Help with connecting to SQL Server 2005 Database with Ruby

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I am quite new to ruby and trying to connect to a SQL Server 2005
Database with ruby to run a few queries but I am not getting anywhere.
Am I missing something? I am getting a connection refused on all counts.

I have installed the following gems: DBI,WIN32OLE,SEQUEL

Below are some of the strings that I have tried to use

db=Sequel.connect(database=@dbase, user=@user, pword=@pword,
hostdb=@dbase)

db = Sequel.connect(‘postgres://username:password@hostdb/database’)

db=DBI.connect(“DBI:ADO:Provider=SQLNCLI;Data Source=hostdb;Initial
Catalog=dbase;username=username;pword=password”)

db=DBI.connect(“DBI:ODBC:Driver={SQLServer};Server=hostdb;Database=dbase;Uid=username;Pwd=password”)

db=DBI.connect(‘DBI:ODBC:hostdb’,Database=@dbase,Data
Source=@hostdb,Uid=@user,Pwd=@pword)

db=DBI.connect(“DBI:OLEDB:Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=@dbase;Initial
Catalog=@dbase;User Id=@user;Password=@pword”)

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On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Arti S. [email protected]
wrote:

I am quite new to ruby and trying to connect to a SQL Server 2005
Database with ruby to run a few queries but I am not getting anywhere.
Am I missing something? I am getting a connection refused on all counts.

Try this if you’re using sequel:

DB = Sequel.ado(‘database_name’, :host => ‘localhost’, :user =>
‘username’,
:password => ‘password’)

Should work if you replace the ‘database_name’, host, user and password
with
your own.

Ben

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Thank you Ben. This works now.