on RailsWell DB2 on Rails is finally at the RailsConf 2006. The start of this week was our preparation for the confernece that IBM is actually sponsoring. DB2 on Rails is a debutant in the Ruby on Rails world and RailsConf is its coming out party of sorts. Naturally we are all a bit nervous.
Posted by Leon Katsnelson | June 22 2006 | Conferences | Comments Off
I’ve just created a page that explains how to configure the database.yml file in Rails so that it works with the IBM DB2 adapter. You can find it here.
We plan to create an extensive FAQ section on this site, where we’ll address several of the main questions that we’ve been receiving over the past few weeks.
Posted by Antonio Cangiano | June 22 2006 | How-to | 2 Comments »
This year IBM is sponsoring RailsConf in Chicago. Our sponsorship is in place to highlight the introduction of the Starter Toolkit for DB2 on Rails. If you are one of the lucky 550 or so attendees, you can pick up DB2 on Rails CD-ROM at the registration desk. If you are not coming to the conference, point your browser to Startup Toolkit for DB2 on Rails and download your own copy.
I am attending the conference. So, if you see me around, say hello. I’ll be the guy (or one of the guys) in a black golf shirt with DB2 on Rails logo. And I guess I should mention that my name is Leon Katsnelson but “DB2 guy” will also work. By the way, if you are going to the conference, you should check out RailsConf Facebook at http://facebook.railsconf.org/. Here is my entry.
Posted by Leon Katsnelson | June 20 2006 | Conferences | Comments Off
We just published a minor update to the Startup Toolkit for DB2 on Rails. We have not added new functions but we did address several bugs. One of the most serious issues is DB2 adapter disabling other databases. The new version 1.1 does solve this problem though we do think that DB2 is the only database you need :-).
For those of you on Windows you can apply the update by clicking on the “Check for Updates” shortcut on the DB2 on Rails folder in Start/All Programs. Those of you on Linux and build your driver and adapter from source, simply download DB2onRails_V1.1_Source.zip and follow instructions in README.txt.
Posted by Leon Katsnelson | June 16 2006 | Announcements | 1 Comment »
If you love Ruby on Rails and find that database like MySQL just does not cut it for you, you will be glad to hear that you can now use DB2 for your Ruby on Rails projects. IBM enabled DB2 for RoR programming by releasing a DB2 Ruby driver and DB2 Rails adapter as part of the Startup Toolkit for DB2 on Rails. This makes DB2 the only database with the vendor supplied enablement for Ruby on Rails.
Posted by Leon Katsnelson | June 14 2006 | Announcements | Comments Off
