# \[ann\] rdbi 0.9.1 aka rc2 **URL:** https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-rdbi-0-9-1-aka-rc2/61108 **Category:** ruby-talk **Created:** [10 December 2010 08:43 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-rdbi-0-9-1-aka-rc2/61108 "2010-12-10T08:43:48Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Erik\_Hollensbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Erik\_Hollensbe](https://rubytalk.org/u/Erik_Hollensbe) #### Post date: [10 December 2010 08:43 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-rdbi-0-9-1-aka-rc2/61108/1 "2010-12-10T08:43:48Z")
RDBI is yet-another database access library, currently in release candidate. It aims to provide a consistent interface to many lower level databases. At least initially, it intends to provide a compelling replacement to Ruby/DBI, of which current maintainers are fed up with. 🙂 [http://rdbi.hollensbe.org](http://rdbi.hollensbe.org) for documentation and more information about the library. This release candidate, RC2, is released as 0.9.1 and patch levels will be incremented as we approach 1.0, which will be the final initial release of RDBI. In this RC there are some cleanups of the Result API, a new Cursor management API for drivers, and significant performance improvements. This release also marks our first database driver maintained outside of the project, by Shane Emmons. You can find it as 'rdbi-driver-odbc' or on github at [https://github.com/semmons99/rdbi-driver-odbc](https://github.com/semmons99/rdbi-driver-odbc). RDBI is released as several parts as gems on [rubygems.org](http://rubygems.org). Installing rdbi + a database driver will take care of most of it:     \* typelib is a filter chaining system intended to assist with type       conversion.     \* epoxy is a database agnostic binding layer.     \* rdbi is the core component.     \* rdbi-dbrc is a configuration layer.     \* rdbi-driver-postgresql is a PostgreSQL driver.     \* rdbi-driver-mysql is a MySQL driver.     \* rdbi-driver-sqlite3 is a SQLite3 driver.     \* rdbi-result-driver-json is a result driver (see docs) that       yields json directly from results. YAML, Struct, and Array       result drivers come included with RDBI's core. Please feel free to reply to this message with any questions or concerns. Thanks, Erik Hollensbe \<[erik@hollensbe.org](mailto:erik@hollensbe.org)\> > **···** > > -- > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/).