# Ruby-oci8 1.0.5 and 2.0.1

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**Created:** [March 17, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8-1-0-5-and-2-0-1/163140 "2009-03-17T17:40:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 17, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8-1-0-5-and-2-0-1/163140/1 "2009-03-17T17:40:17Z")

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Ruby-oci8 1.0.5 and 2.0.1 are released. These are Oracle modules using  
OCI8 API.

[http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-oci8/](http://rubyforge.org/projects/ruby-oci8/)

Ruby-oci8 1.0.5 is a latest stable release. The target ruby version  
is 1.8. It doesn’t work with ruby 1.9.

Ruby-oci8 2.0.1 is a unstable release. It works on both ruby 1.8 and  
1.9 and has usefull features compared with ruby-oci8 1.0.4.  
Note: Both active record oracle adapter and released oracle\_enhanced  
adapter doesn’t work with this. Use latest oracle\_enhanced adapter  
on github instead.

[GitHub - rsim/oracle-enhanced: Oracle enhaced adapter for ActiveRecord](http://github.com/rsim/oracle-enhanced/tree/master)

What’s new in 1.0.5.

- fix big/little endian checking problem on Mac OS X ppc.  
(contributed by unknown. See: Bug ID 24284 on rubyforge.)

What’s new in 2.0.1.

- binary gem for win32 for following rubys.
  - ruby 1.8 (One-Click Ruby Installer)
  - ruby 1.9.1 p0  
([http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html](http://www.garbagecollect.jp/ruby/mswin32/en/download/release.html))

- add OCI8#oracle\_server\_version.
- fix bugs when fetching and binding time objects.
- fix other bugs…