# New version 2.5.0 of IBM\_DB gem now available

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**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 12, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-version-2-5-0-of-ibm-db-gem-now-available/197230 "2010-05-12T10:35:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![praveen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@praveen](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/praveen)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-version-2-5-0-of-ibm-db-gem-now-available/197230/1 "2010-05-12T10:35:43Z")

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Hi All,

New version 2.5.0 of the IBM\_DB gem, the Rails Adapter/Ruby Driver for  
IBM DB2 and IBM Informix is now available. This release of the gem  
adds unicode support in the IBM\_DB driver for Ruby 1.9. When used with  
Ruby1.8 the Driver will function in ASCII mode.

To know more and get hands with the IBM\_DB gem download the latest gem  
from [http://rubygems.org/gems/ibm\_db](http://rubygems.org/gems/ibm_db) or  
[http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyibm/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/rubyibm/)

Visit

> **[IBM Db2](https://www.ibm.com/products/db2)**
>
> IBM Db2 is the database to run your mission-critical workloads. Power low-latency transactions and real-time analytics across any cloud, hybrid, or on-prem.

for downloading the latest version of DB2 ExpressC edition.

Thanks

Praveen