Ruby odbc

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Hi all!

I am trying to use ActiveRecord migrations from Linux on an MS SQL
Server database running on windows. I am following the instructions on

http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux

I have successfully set up freetds and unixODBC, and I can connect fine
using tsql and isql.

When I try connecting using ruby I get the following:

[root@pippin laptop_scripts]# irb
irb(main):001:0> require ‘odbc’
=> true
irb(main):002:0> require ‘dbi’
=> true
irb(main):003:0> dbh = DBI.connect(‘dbi:ODBC:database_name’, ‘username’,
‘password’)
NoMethodError: undefined method default_attributes' for #<ODBC::Driver:0xb7f6ade4 @attrs={}, @name=nil> from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/dbi.rb:420:in connect’
from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/dbi.rb:215:in `connect’
from (irb):3
irb(main):004:0>

Checking the ruby odbc documentation, the default_attributes method is
not defined, and the Driver class inherits from Object.

Can anybody help tell me what to do to connect using DBI?

All help is greatly appreciated.

Uwe

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http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux

I have successfully set up freetds and unixODBC, and I can connect fine
using tsql and isql.

Did you install Ruby ODBC and Ruby DBI ODBC driver after testing on tsql
and isql, like the page mentions ?

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On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 20:18 +0900, Gale CC wrote:

http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoConnectToMicrosoftSQLServerFromRailsOnLinux

I have successfully set up freetds and unixODBC, and I can connect fine
using tsql and isql.

Did you install Ruby ODBC and Ruby DBI ODBC driver after testing on tsql
and isql, like the page mentions ?

Thank you for answering.

It turns out I had forgotten to add the --with=dbd_odbc option when
running the setup config script during the Ruby DBI installation. When
I added the option, everything worked.

Thanks again for answering.

Uwe