Slightly off topic, but...

I'm in a DB2/iSeries/MySQL shop right now.  Currently we use Java and
PHP for our web based development.  All business data resides on the
iSeries, with web app data being both on DB2 and iSeries.  We are
slowing moving DB2 data to the iSeries.  Nonessential business data
will continue to reside in the MySQL database.

We currently utilize the iSeries Access ODBC driver to access data in
the iSeries database since there is no native PHP driver for iSeries.

I've been experimenting with RoR and am very pleased with the fact
that it supports both DB2 and MySQL out of the box, but I am also
saddened by the fact there is no support for ODBC, which is what I
would need to access the iSeries database.

I'd really like to use RoR for future development, but without ODBC
support, that's a deal breaker.

What is the chance for ODBC support being added to RoR?

On 9/9/05, Grant Hutchison <ghutchis@[...].com>  wrote:
>  After reading all of my email (I was on vacation for 2 weeks ;->) I came
>  across 7 interested parties in total.
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>  I would be interested in any additional input on this subject and you have
>  sparked my interest in trying Ruby and Ruby on Rails with DB2 to experience
>  it for myself.
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>  IBM has made contributions within the Perl and PHP communities with
>  optimized drivers for DB2 based on our native C libraries (known as DB2
>  CLI).
>  DB2 UDB v8.2 has a very nice feature called HADR with Client Reroute that
>  can provide a primary/standby database server configuration that is highly
>  available and this technology should work within a Ruby application since
>  the automatic reroute to the active database server is handled within the C
>  runtime layer. The transaction performance of DB2 is also a great reason to
>  consider deploying any application with DB2 instead of another RDBMS (just
>  some thoughts).
>  
>  I would like to consider getting more involved in enhancing the DB2 support
>  with the Ruby community if there is sufficient demand.
>  
>  Grant Hutchison
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>  ----- Forwarded by Grant Hutchison/Toronto/IBM on 09/09/2005 09:41 AM -----
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>               "M. Edward (Ed)
>               Borasky"
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>               09/09/2005 09:34          Grant Hutchison/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA
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>                                         Re: [Rails] No one interested in
>                                         DB2 drivers for Ruby - what does it
>                                         mean?
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>  Andrew Stuart wrote:
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>  >Hello Folks,
>  >
>  >A few days ago I invited people to email Grant Hutchison from IBM if they
>  >have any interest in IBM developing "official" Ruby drivers for DB2.
>  >
>  >Grant says that only two people sent an email expressing interest, and one
>  >was from IBM!
>  >
>  >I wonder what this means - that Ruby people aren't developing for DB2
>  >because there aren't enterprise endorsed DB2 drivers, or that DB2 is just
>  >not as accessible to Ruby developers as MySQL or Postgres.  Or maybe
>  >something else?
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>  <pregnant pause> Is DB2 open source?
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>  >Anyway it's a bit of a disappointment because I was hoping to be able to
>  >develop applications that take advantage of DB2's powerful row level
>  access
>  >control security.
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>  If DB2 isn't open source, is this a useful feature that should be in
>  PostgreSQL or MySQL?
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>  >Are there any Ruby people out there who use DB2?
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>  I think the question is "are there DB2 people who use (or would like to
>  use -- or who would be allowed to use) Ruby?"
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>  --
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