Almost a year has passed since my last post and a lot of things have happened.
I didn't quit my job after all and that meant that I could still work on the Ruby extension and the Ruby on Rails adapter for Informix, which have become richer in features and more robust.
I didn't quit my job after all and that meant that I could still work on the Ruby extension and the Ruby on Rails adapter for Informix, which have become richer in features and more robust.
Ruby/Informix
Latest Ruby/Informix version is 0.6.2, and has gained the following features:
- Use of BigDecimal for MONEY/DECIMAL columns
- Resource management by means of blocks for statements, cursors and connnections
- Support for SLOB status and storage characteristics information gathering
- Thread safety
- A test suite
- Error, Warning, and AssertionFailure classes that replace RuntimeError when raising exceptions
Along with bug fixes, more documentation and new handy methods.
The last two features were contributed by Edwin Fine. He helped me to put together the resource management too. Thanks Ed.
In addition to the source distribution and the rubygem, a binary gem is provided for Microsoft Windows users.
There are still many things to do, for the sake of completeness. There's no rush to implement them right now, but if you have a especific request, I'd like to know about it.
The last two features were contributed by Edwin Fine. He helped me to put together the resource management too. Thanks Ed.
In addition to the source distribution and the rubygem, a binary gem is provided for Microsoft Windows users.
There are still many things to do, for the sake of completeness. There's no rush to implement them right now, but if you have a especific request, I'd like to know about it.
Rails/Informix
Meanwhile, Rails/Informix reached 1.0.0, enabling migrations.
I'm glad to tell you that it was included in the Ruby on Rails repository and will be available as a rubygem when RoR hits 2.0. But you can use it now with RoR 1.x. Just follow the installation instructions from Rails/Informix's website.
To help you get started with Ruby on Rails and Informix, don't forget to visit the following links:
I'm glad to tell you that it was included in the Ruby on Rails repository and will be available as a rubygem when RoR hits 2.0. But you can use it now with RoR 1.x. Just follow the installation instructions from Rails/Informix's website.
To help you get started with Ruby on Rails and Informix, don't forget to visit the following links:
Have been useful to you?
Finally, I'm not making any money from Ruby/Informix or Rails/Informix, and never intended to do so. If not for them, I would be using Perl or Python at work. But my job wouldn't be as fun as it is right now.
But if any of them has been useful to you - like saving your sanity otherwise lost by using ESQL/C or SQR, or making your work more enjoyable and easier by using Ruby on Rails with your favorite DBMS, instead of,God forbid, Uniface! - and feel like giving something back, please consider making a donation, buying something from my Amazon wishlist, or sending a postcard of your country saying hi!
But if any of them has been useful to you - like saving your sanity otherwise lost by using ESQL/C or SQR, or making your work more enjoyable and easier by using Ruby on Rails with your favorite DBMS, instead of,
2 comments:
Not really a donation :), but I'd like to say that an addition of migrations support to Informix/Rails is a great move. That was the feature I missed the most when I tried to do a test web app on Informix (and I switched to postgres because of it).
Well, switching to PostgreSQL is a good move too :)
If you happen to use Informix and Rails again, don't hesitate to send me your requests, suggestions or questions about the adapter.
Thanks for your comment.
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