# Other databases

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/other-databases/60577>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 15, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/other-databases/60577 "2006-05-15T19:32:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![regg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@regg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/regg)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/other-databases/60577/1 "2006-05-15T19:32:57Z")

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I’m a newbie to Ruby and I was wondering if Ruby on Rails will work with  
databases that has a ODBC/JDBC driver or does it ONLY work with the  
databases that it list in it’s documentation?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![regg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@regg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/regg)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/other-databases/60577/2 "2006-05-16T10:33:31Z")

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On Monday 15 May 2006 18:32, Regg wrote:

> I’m a newbie to Ruby and I was wondering if Ruby on Rails will work with  
> databases that has a ODBC/JDBC driver or does it ONLY work with the  
> databases that it list in it’s documentation?
> 
> Thanks

AFAIK only the ones listed in the docs, because each database server  
needs a  
small Ruby adapter written for it to handle the SQL differences between  
the  
implementations.

Ashley

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**Author:** ![regg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@regg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/regg)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/other-databases/60577/3 "2006-05-16T11:48:12Z")

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Regg wrote:

> I’m a newbie to Ruby and I was wondering if Ruby on Rails will work with  
> databases that has a ODBC/JDBC driver or does it ONLY work with the  
> databases that it list in it’s documentation?
> 
> Thanks

This article may be of interest to you:

[http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux)

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**Author:** ![regg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@regg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/regg)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/other-databases/60577/4 "2006-05-16T20:41:43Z")

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(I think) There is work with JRuby to get JDBC driver layer to work with  
ActiveRecord…

Andy McNiece wrote:

> Mick S. wrote:
> 
> > Regg wrote:
> > 
> > > I’m a newbie to Ruby and I was wondering if Ruby on Rails will work with  
> > > databases that has a ODBC/JDBC driver or does it ONLY work with the  
> > > databases that it list in it’s documentation?
> > > 
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > This article may be of interest to you:
> > 
> > [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux)
> 
> I am also interested in this subject. Of particular interest to me is  
> using the Data Direct odbc connector to connect to a Progress database  
> on a unix server from a windows app.
> 
> I have also seen some imformation at  
> [Peak Obsession](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/New+database+adapter)
> 
> If you make any progress on the subject please post.

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**Author:** ![regg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@regg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/regg)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/other-databases/60577/5 "2006-05-16T19:21:30Z")

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Mick S. wrote:

> Regg wrote:
> 
> > I’m a newbie to Ruby and I was wondering if Ruby on Rails will work with  
> > databases that has a ODBC/JDBC driver or does it ONLY work with the  
> > databases that it list in it’s documentation?
> > 
> > Thanks
> 
> This article may be of interest to you:
> 
> [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux)

I am also interested in this subject. Of particular interest to me is  
using the Data Direct odbc connector to connect to a Progress database  
on a unix server from a windows app.

I have also seen some imformation at  
[http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/New+database+adapter](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/New+database+adapter)

If you make any progress on the subject please post.