Viktor Zacek <usenet2009 / zacek.de> wrote: > Took a quick search... take a look at the following link: > http://www.wit-eye.nl/weblog/2006/01/06/starting-with-ruby-and-oracle/ Prerequisites: - have clean ruby 1.8.6 installation - have running oracle client download: ruby-oci8-1.0.6-mswin32.rb from http://rubyforge.org/project/ruby-oci8/ install with: ruby ruby-oci8-1.0.6-mswin32.rb Accept question with "Yes" now use the following ruby-script: require 'oci8' begin conn = OCI8.new("system","manager","db") conn.exec('select host_name, instance_name from v$instance') do |r| puts r end conn.logoff end Best regards, Viktor