# New Version of IBM\_DB Rails Adapter/Driver for IBM DataServers now available

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**Created:** [March 6, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-version-of-ibm-db-rails-adapter-driver-for-ibm-dataservers-now-available/196910 "2009-03-06T15:10:45Z")\
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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:** [March 6, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-version-of-ibm-db-rails-adapter-driver-for-ibm-dataservers-now-available/196910/1 "2009-03-06T15:10:45Z")

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Hi All,

New version of IBM\_DB gem 1.0.2 is now available. This release  
provides support for specifying the connection timeout value in the  
adapter and hence in turn now you can specify the timeout value in the  
database.yml file of the Rails application. This release also provides  
fix for few bugs whose details can be found in the change log of the  
release.

You can download the gem from [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group\_id=2361](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=2361)

To get started with you can download the DB2 Express-C, the no-charge  
edition of DB2 from [http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/](http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/)  
with a handy get started guide IBM\_DB - Getting started available at  
[http://rubyforge.org/docman/?group\_id=2361](http://rubyforge.org/docman/?group_id=2361)

Are you a MacOS X user?

Now you have a DB2 Express-C edition of DB2 on MacOS X which is  
available for download at  
[http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.html?S\_CMP=ECDDWW01&S\_TACT=ACDB201](http://www-01.ibm.com/software/data/db2/express/download.html?S_CMP=ECDDWW01&S_TACT=ACDB201)  
For more details on getting started with DB2 on MacOS X and Rails with  
IBM\_DB gem refer to

> **[DB2 on Mac officially released | Programming Zen](https://programmingzen.com/db2-on-mac-officially-released/)**
>
> As pre-announced in my two previous posts, DB2 for Mac OS X Leopard is finally available for download. It’s now official, DB2 on Mac is here. Reflections on DB2 on Mac Several people, including myself, would happily ditch their virtual machines and...

Thanks

Praveen