First gem-release of the MsSqlClient. MsSqlClient is an ActiveRecord Database Adapter for Win32 systems connecting to Microsoft SQL Server (2000, 2005 [Express]). It's much faster than the DBI adapter, and more importantly, has full support for Unicode NVARCHAR to UTF8 translation to and from the database! Please don't forget to submit any bugs/requests here: http://rubyforge.org/projects/mssqlclient Progress, details, and a short installation overview can be found here: http://substantiality.net/articles/2006/10/19/mssqlclient-gem-now-available Any comments/criticisms on the code would be very welcome as well.