# Sybase and ruby **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [August 2, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sybase-and-ruby/111069 "2007-08-02T11:06:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vabb\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b9e5f3/32.png) [@vabb\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vabb_z)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 11:06am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sybase-and-ruby/111069/1 "2007-08-02T11:06:53Z")
I am trying to configure Sybase and ruby in LINUX but not able to do that. Is it necessary to install Sybase Client on PC ? ---
**Author:** ![vabb\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b9e5f3/32.png) [@vabb\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vabb_z)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sybase-and-ruby/111069/2 "2007-08-02T12:29:40Z")
> Attachments: > [http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/35/database.yml](http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/35/database.yml) > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). You can use ODBC. Install FreeTDS (Sybase is not only TDS based, they invented it) and unixODBC, and configure your data source via TDS in /etc/odbc.ini. Then you can use DBI with DBD/ODBC to access the database. Depending on your distro, freeTDS and unixODBC should be available via your package management system, DBI and DBD/ODBC probably are, too, though you may prefer to install them via gems. HTH, Felix ---
**Author:** ![vabb\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b9e5f3/32.png) [@vabb\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vabb_z)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sybase-and-ruby/111069/3 "2007-08-02T14:27:41Z")
Felix W. wrote: > > Attachments: > > [http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/35/database.yml](http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/35/database.yml) > > > > – > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > You can use ODBC. > > Install FreeTDS (Sybase is not only TDS based, they invented it) and > unixODBC, and configure your data source via TDS in /etc/odbc.ini. Then > you > can use DBI with DBD/ODBC to access the database. Depending on your > distro, > freeTDS and unixODBC should be available via your package management > system, > DBI and DBD/ODBC probably are, too, though you may prefer to install > them > via gems. > > HTH, > > Felix Thanks for replying but I want to configure with SUSE linux 10 and ODBC will work for Windows ---
**Author:** ![vabb\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b9e5f3/32.png) [@vabb\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vabb_z)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sybase-and-ruby/111069/4 "2007-08-02T15:08:03Z")
> > > > > ## Depending Thanks for replying but I want to configure with SUSE linux 10 and ODBC will work for Windows > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). There are ODBC implementations for many platforms, including Linux. I’m using Ruby against MS-SQL databases (also TDS based, the first MS-SQL was built on Sybase) from RHEL servers and Ubuntu desktop machines via the mechanisms I described. I did a quick search and it appears SLED10 comes with unixODBC packages via yast, though there do not appear to be any FreeTDS packages. Unless you can find third party for that, you may have to compile it, which is fairly easy to do. Felix ---
**Author:** ![vabb\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/b9e5f3/32.png) [@vabb\_z](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vabb_z)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/sybase-and-ruby/111069/5 "2007-08-03T12:43:16Z")
Felix W. wrote: > > > > > > > > ## Depending Thanks for replying but I want to configure with SUSE linux 10 and ODBC will work for Windows > > > > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > There are ODBC implementations for many platforms, including Linux. I’m > using Ruby against MS-SQL databases (also TDS based, the first MS-SQL > was > built on Sybase) from RHEL servers and Ubuntu desktop machines via the > mechanisms I described. > > I did a quick search and it appears SLED10 comes with unixODBC packages > via > yast, though there do not appear to be any FreeTDS packages. Unless you > can > find third party for that, you may have to compile it, which is fairly > easy > to do. > > Felix Thanks a Lot Felix … I am using NetBeans. Now I want to access Sybase databse moreover is it necessary to configure anything else for Netbeans.