Re: [Rails] rails and mssql

2010-04-29 Thread Sam Granieri
I used SQL Server 2005 for 18 months for a rails application. I recall having to use both freetds and unixodbc to get the connection to work. I'm a little hazy on this, but I think one is a higher level communication protocol, and one is a lower level communication protocol. Google the rest if it h

[Rails] rails and mssql

2010-04-28 Thread rhossi
We are developing a solution for a client. Today he is using ASP.NET with SQL Server 2008 and wanna use SQL Server 2008 as database for the Rails application as well. So, they were asking us why Active Record uses unixODBC to communicate with SQL Server instead of using only freeTDS - they were co

[Rails] Rails and MSSQL

2010-04-27 Thread rhossi
My company is developing an application for a client. The client has an ASP.NET web site and SQL Server 2008 database and wants to keep it He is complaining that ActiveRecord does not communicate natively with SQL Server 2008 and are asking us why ActiveRecord uses freeTDS in conjunction with unix

[Rails] rails and mssql

2010-04-27 Thread rhossi
My company is developing an application for a customer. The customer have an ASP.NET web site and SQL Server 2008 database. The client wants to keep SQL Server 2008 database and he is complaining that ActiveRecord does not communicate natively with SQL Server 2008. They are asking us why ActiveRe