Rails Adapter/Ruby Driver for IBM Data Servers: {DB2 on Linux/Unix/Windows, DB2 on zOS, DB2 on IBMi, IBM Informix (IDS)}

ibm_db gem version 5.5.1

Requirements:
 Ruby should be installed(Ruby version should be >=2.5.x and <= 3.2.x)
 For developing rails appications Rails should be 7.1.x

 Note: x86 version of ruby can be downloaded from https://rubyinstaller.org/downloads/archives/
       ibm_db@5.5.1 onwards supports native installation on MacOS ARM64(M* Chip/Apple Silicon Chip) system using clidriver/dsdriver version 12.1.0.

Issue the following command to install the ibm_db gem

gem install ibm_db

For Windows please set the below variable:-

set RUBY_DLL_PATH=path\to\clidriver\bin

For any issues or help: https://github.com/ibmdb/ruby-ibmdb/issues

To easily test changes to the ibm_db gem locally without building a gem package, add to your Rails Gemfile:

gem 'ibm_db', path: "/path/to/ruby-ibmdb/IBM_DB_Adapter/ibm_db"

Then build the ibm_db.so library:

$ cd /path/to/ruby-ibmdb/IBM_DB_Adapter/ibm_db/ext"
$ ruby extconf.rb
$ make

Then bundle install in your rails app:

$ bundle install
...
Using ibm_db 4.0.0 from source at `ruby-ibmdb/IBM_DB_Adapter/ibm_db`

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