Question

I’d like to connect ruby to sql server 2012 express. After researching, I’ve come up with this article. The only problem is that the article dates from 2010. Is there any new article that explain how to do the connection. Is it so hard to find one that is recent. I just need to be able to connect to Sql Server 2012. Both ruby and Sql Server 2012 Express are on my laptop which run windows 7.

Answer 1

When using Ruby On Rails you shoudl have a look at the ActiveRecord SqlServer Adapter

• https://github.com/rails-sqlserver/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter.

It uses TinyTDS as its low loevel connection adapter. But you may also use TinyTDS standalone

• https://github.com/rails-sqlserver/tiny_tds.

Both are well tested and documented. I use them in our production environment.