# ODBC and rails 2.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odbc-and-rails-2-0/135617>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 23, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odbc-and-rails-2-0/135617 "2008-04-23T17:10:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![rickf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9e8a1a/32.png) [@rickf](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/rickf)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/odbc-and-rails-2-0/135617/1 "2008-04-23T17:10:38Z")

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Hi All,

Anyone having success using the odbc-rails adapters with ROR 2.0? Would  
you feel safe using this combination for production servers?

I looked into using the [ODBC Binding for Ruby](http://www.ch-werner.de/rubyodbc) and OpenLink  
ODBC Adapter a ways back. Doesn’t seem as though much has changed. The  
application will need to have the ability to run multiple flavored DBs.  
Each site could have a different DB vendor, as well as, OS.

One option is to install all the necessary adapters and configure as  
necessary, the other appears to use ODBC. ODBC seems like a nice  
solution but to be frank doesn’t seem like there is much interest in it  
on this forum. It has me a bit concerned.

If there are better options please advise…

Any comments info is greatly appreciated,  
Rick