Robert Klemme wrote: > "Michael Davis" <mdavis / sevasoftware.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:YWyZb.1830$yZ1.19 / newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... > >>I am building a web application for a client in Ruby. The application > > is > >>working but now needs to access data using JDBC. > > > This sounds strange to me. Didn't you mean to say "the application needs > to access data in a relational database"? In that case DBI is your > friend. No need for JDBC here. > > Regards > > robert > No. The data that I need to access may not always be relational and I have been given specific requirements for using both JDBC and ODBC. I explored many possible options for accessing data with my client and they have several very good reasons for these requirements. Thanks, Michael