# Who is using DBI or oci8 in production systems

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/who-is-using-dbi-or-oci8-in-production-systems/104491>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 18, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/who-is-using-dbi-or-oci8-in-production-systems/104491 "2007-05-18T17:45:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![benemson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@benemson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benemson)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/who-is-using-dbi-or-oci8-in-production-systems/104491/1 "2007-05-18T17:45:42Z")

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I am doing a bit of research on accessing Oracle from Ruby. It seems  
oc8i, either used on its own or through DBI, is the way to go. These  
protects are both in beta and DBI seems to be fairly inactive. So my  
question is are they ready for production systems and who is using  
them for production?

Regards,  
Ben

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**Author:** ![benemson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@benemson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benemson)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/who-is-using-dbi-or-oci8-in-production-systems/104491/2 "2007-05-18T17:51:43Z")

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On Sat, 19 May 2007, Ben E. wrote:

> I am doing a bit of research on accessing Oracle from Ruby. It seems  
> oc8i, either used on its own or through DBI, is the way to go. These  
> protects are both in beta and DBI seems to be fairly inactive. So my  
> question is are they ready for production systems and who is using  
> them for production?

OK.

I am using DBI in many production systems and have been for a long time  
(several years). It is fairly inactive, but if a major bug is found  
with  
it, I or one of the other maintainers will fix it.

That said, I have opened a DBI2 project a few days ago and am preparing  
to  
get that underway (not to everyone who expressed interest in helping  
with  
this – I’ll get in touch with all of you next week; I’m closing on a  
house today). The aim of DBI2 is to have a dbi interface for Ruby which  
is faster, leaner, and has a ruby styling instead of being a copy of the  
Perl API.

Kirk H.

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**Author:** ![benemson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@benemson](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/benemson)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/who-is-using-dbi-or-oci8-in-production-systems/104491/3 "2007-05-18T18:07:46Z")

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In message [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid),  
removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid writes:

> That said, I have opened a DBI2 project a few days ago and am preparing to  
> get that underway (not to everyone who expressed interest in helping with  
> this – I’ll get in touch with all of you next week; I’m closing on a  
> house today). The aim of DBI2 is to have a dbi interface for Ruby which  
> is faster, leaner, and has a ruby styling instead of being a copy of the  
> Perl API.

Oooh! Count me in. I need that.

-s