# Progress OpenEdge and rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 4, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-openedge-and-rails/128043 "2008-02-04T16:33:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimache)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-openedge-and-rails/128043/1 "2008-02-04T16:33:12Z")
Hi everyone, I am starting a new project and the back-end database is a Progress OpenEdge db. Has anyone used ruby/rails with such a database. Are there any drivers that i can use to connect to OpenEdge? Any input is appreciated. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimache)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-openedge-and-rails/128043/2 "2008-03-03T20:29:22Z")
Hi Oh gosh , where to begin!!! The long and short of it is I have been trying for months to get it to work on Linux. I managed to get it to work on Windows with instant rails and the merant driver but its sllllloooow. Openedge comes up "Unsupported database " on linux but Progress 9.1E on linux has a chance if you can recompile the gcc lib file for the 9.1E merant driver. (Very very difficult as the gcc lib is the backbone of linux) So far I have had little or no sucess and I think the answer is to try Jruby with the JDBC connection … but good luck with that . I tried it and its just as bad… Java has all its nice littel quirks like JAVA\_PATH ect etc Regards Robby ---
**Author:** ![jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimache)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-openedge-and-rails/128043/3 "2008-03-03T20:44:50Z")
Sorry must get my facts right . its glib not gcc thats the problem . Have a look here of the windows/linux how to but like I said it only worked for me with windows [http://odbc-rails.rubyforge.org/](http://odbc-rails.rubyforge.org/) ---
**Author:** ![jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimache)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-openedge-and-rails/128043/4 "2008-03-04T19:45:02Z")
Thanks, I got it to work on windows … but man this is slowwwwww … ---
**Author:** ![jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimache)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2008, 9:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-openedge-and-rails/128043/5 "2008-03-17T09:19:27Z")
Hi If your interested I have got rails working with Progress openedge 10 on linux. Works real well and its not to hard to get it working Regards Robby Robbyatentrydotcodotza ---
**Author:** ![jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c67d28/32.png) [@jimache](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jimache)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/progress-openedge-and-rails/128043/6 "2008-08-28T17:59:10Z")
I have a database on an OpenEdge 10.1C enviroment (hosted on a IBM UNIX box). I am developing on a windows machine. Can you please advise how to connect to the openedge db; do i need to install a odbc driver? I installed the odbc-rails gem (following the steps described on the link you provided) and now i am stuck on what driver to use to create the dsn Any input is appreciated. Thank you robby\_rails wrote: > Hi > > If your interested I have got rails working with Progress openedge 10 > on linux. Works real well and its not to hard to get it working > > Regards > > Robby > > Robbyatentrydotcodotza