# Which Oracle connector for AR?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 6, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-oracle-connector-for-ar/164784 "2009-04-06T00:45:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![robredford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@robredford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robredford)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-oracle-connector-for-ar/164784/1 "2009-04-06T00:45:48Z")

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What DB connector do I need to talk to a network accessible Oracle  
server: 1) with ActiveRecord?, 2) to perform basic SQL. I’m more  
familiar with what it takes to get MySQL working with AR. Currently I  
have AR 2.1.1, Ruby 1.8.5. I’ll have to ask what Oracle client/server  
is available.

This question pertains to a RedHat 5 system which is not managed by me  
and is only allowed RedHat managed packages, unless I install them in  
my user space (/home).

Rob

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**Author:** ![robredford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@robredford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robredford)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-oracle-connector-for-ar/164784/2 "2009-04-06T16:52:18Z")

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On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 5:44 PM, RobR [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> What DB connector do I need to talk to a network accessible Oracle  
> server: 1) with ActiveRecord?, 2) to perform basic SQL. I’m more  
> familiar with what it takes to get MySQL working with AR. Currently I  
> have AR 2.1.1, Ruby 1.8.5. I’ll have to ask what Oracle client/server  
> is available.

# gem list --local |grep oracle

activerecord-oracle\_enhanced-adapter (1.2.0)

–  
Greg D.  
[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)

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**Author:** ![robredford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7ea924/32.png) [@robredford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/robredford)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/which-oracle-connector-for-ar/164784/3 "2009-04-06T22:16:07Z")

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Awesome, thanks!