# Pure Ruby/Proxy Oracle Driver?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pure-ruby-proxy-oracle-driver/89483>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 4, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pure-ruby-proxy-oracle-driver/89483 "2006-01-04T19:45:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pure-ruby-proxy-oracle-driver/89483/1 "2006-01-04T19:45:16Z")

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Is there an an equivalent of perl’s DBD::Proxy for ruby? I’m working  
with a rails app that speaks to an oracle database but I’d like to  
deploy on FreeBSD (where there are no native oracle libraries  
available). A pure ruby oracle driver would probably also be a good  
solution. I have been unable to find one though.

–Paul

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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 1:01am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/pure-ruby-proxy-oracle-driver/89483/2 "2006-01-05T01:01:31Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> Is there an an equivalent of perl’s DBD::Proxy for ruby? I’m working  
> with a rails app that speaks to an oracle database but I’d like to  
> deploy on FreeBSD (where there are no native oracle libraries  
> available). A pure ruby oracle driver would probably also be a good  
> solution. I have been unable to find one though.

There is a proxy DBD driver included with the DBI stuff.

–  
– Jim W.