# Ruby/Informix 0.3.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-informix-0-3-0/77323>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 26, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-informix-0-3-0/77323 "2006-11-26T23:42:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Gerardo\_SSGSSS\_mez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@Gerardo\_SSGSSS\_mez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gerardo_SSGSSS_mez)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-informix-0-3-0/77323/1 "2006-11-26T23:42:01Z")

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Ruby/Informix is a Ruby extension for connecting to IBM Informix  
Dynamic Server, written in ESQL/C.

It is being developed and heavily tested on Solaris/SPARC. It has been  
reported to work on Linux Fedora, SuSE Linux and Windows XP.

## 0.3.0 11/26/2006

New features:  
\* Initial support for Smart Large Objects (BLOB/CLOB).  
Operations supported:  
- new  
- open, close  
- read, write  
- seek, tell  
- truncate  
\* Database#columns now also returns the extended id (xid)  
\* small documentation improvements and fixes

Home page: [http://ruby-informix.rubyforge.org](http://ruby-informix.rubyforge.org)  
Download from: [http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-informix/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-informix/)

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**Author:** ![Gerardo\_SSGSSS\_mez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@Gerardo\_SSGSSS\_mez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gerardo_SSGSSS_mez)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 11:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-informix-0-3-0/77323/2 "2006-11-26T23:48:00Z")

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This is really great, because I want to use Ruby with Informix at work.  
At some point I’m going to see if I can get it to work with Informix on  
HP-UX.

Thanks for the extension.

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**Author:** ![Gerardo\_SSGSSS\_mez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c37758/32.png) [@Gerardo\_SSGSSS\_mez](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Gerardo_SSGSSS_mez)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-informix-0-3-0/77323/3 "2006-11-26T23:52:03Z")

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2006/11/26, Edwin F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> This is really great, because I want to use Ruby with Informix at work.  
> At some point I’m going to see if I can get it to work with Informix on  
> HP-UX.
> 
> Thanks for the extension.

I’d love have your feedback about Ruby/Informix on HP-UX. Don’t  
hesitate to contact me if you need help.