# Ruby-Oci8

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8/81383>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [January 8, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8/81383 "2007-01-08T18:30:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Shiwei\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Shiwei\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shiwei_Z)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8/81383/1 "2007-01-08T18:30:26Z")

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Did you meet any problems when using Ruby-Oci8?  
Or do you expect any new functions/enhancements regarding Ruby-Oci8?

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**Author:** ![Shiwei\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Shiwei\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shiwei_Z)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8/81383/2 "2007-01-08T19:21:28Z")

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On 1/8/07, Shiwei Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Did you meet any problems when using Ruby-Oci8?  
> Or do you expect any new functions/enhancements regarding Ruby-Oci8?

Ruby/OCI8 is one of my favorite Ruby libraries. Very nice.  
The only thing I have occasionally wanted is better support for  
URL-style connect strings, rather than needing Net8/TNS-style entries.  
There are connect strings supported by the InstantClient that OCI8  
cannot handle.

Someone at Oracle should help out with that _hint hint_. 🙂

–Wilson.

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**Author:** ![Shiwei\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Shiwei\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shiwei_Z)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8/81383/3 "2007-01-08T19:24:29Z")

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On 1/8/07, Wilson B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Someone at Oracle should help out with that _hint hint_. 🙂

Yes, please.

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**Author:** ![Shiwei\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Shiwei\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shiwei_Z)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8/81383/4 "2007-01-08T19:47:32Z")

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Wilson B. wrote:

> cannot handle.
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> Someone at Oracle should help out with that _hint hint_. 🙂
> 
> –Wilson.

Can you give us an example of the URL you prefer best? For instance, if  
the connect string is “hr/hr@211.33.33.112:1521/orcl”, what is the  
URL-style connect string you expect for it?

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**Author:** ![Shiwei\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Shiwei\_Z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Shiwei_Z)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-oci8/81383/5 "2007-01-09T00:13:00Z")

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On 1/8/07, Shiwei Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> > URL-style connect strings, rather than needing Net8/TNS-style entries.

Just what you’ve written there would be fine by me.  
To my knowledge, ruby/oci8 does not allow that syntax.