# Strange (to me) dbi access statements

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-to-me-dbi-access-statements/102099>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 10, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-to-me-dbi-access-statements/102099 "2006-08-10T19:18:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/strange-to-me-dbi-access-statements/102099/1 "2006-08-10T19:18:09Z")

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Hi,  
I’m using unixODBC with ruby. When I pass a sql select statment like  
“Select custno,company from arcust where custno = ‘ARMFOO’”  
All works.

But if I pass sql statement like  
“Select \* from arcust”

I get the error “Ruby[ODBC] no data found”

Does anyone have a idea about why this is occuring???

John