# ANN: Sequel 0.5 Released

**URL:** <https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-sequel-0-5-released/43406>\
**Category:** ruby-talk\
**Created:** [30 December 2007 08:26 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-sequel-0-5-released/43406 "2007-12-30T08:26:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sharon\_Rosner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Sharon\_Rosner](https://rubytalk.org/u/Sharon_Rosner)\
**Post date:** [30 December 2007 08:26 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-sequel-0-5-released/43406/1 "2007-12-30T08:26:26Z")

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Sequel version 0.5 has just been released. Sequel is a lightweight  
database access and ORM library for Ruby. Sequel provides thread  
safety, connection pooling and a simple and expressive API for  
constructing database queries and table schemas.

This release separates the Sequel::Model class from the rest of Sequel  
and into its own separate gem, called sequel\_model. The simplest way  
to install or upgrade sequel is to install the sequel\_model gem:

&nbsp;&nbsp;sudo gem install sequel\_model

This will also update your sequel core installation to version 0.5.

=== More info on Sequel

Sequel project page:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;\<[http://code.google.com/p/ruby-sequel](http://code.google.com/p/ruby-sequel)\>

Sequel documentation:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;\<[http://sequel.rubyforge.org](http://sequel.rubyforge.org)\>

Join the Sequel-talk group:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;\<[http://groups.google.com/group/sequel-talk](http://groups.google.com/group/sequel-talk)\>

Install the gem:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;sudo gem install sequel

Or check out the source and install manually:  
&nbsp;&nbsp;svn co [http://ruby-sequel.googlecode.com/svn/trunk](http://ruby-sequel.googlecode.com/svn/trunk) sequel  
&nbsp;&nbsp;cd sequel  
&nbsp;&nbsp;rake install

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**Author:** ![Tim\_Uckun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tim\_Uckun](https://rubytalk.org/u/Tim_Uckun)\
**Post date:** [1 January 2008 08:55 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-sequel-0-5-released/43406/2 "2008-01-01T08:55:21Z")

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Does this mean sequel is faster then AR? Does it work better with  
legacy databases? Is it more compatible with stored procedures and  
views?

Thanks.

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> On Dec 30, 2007 9:26 PM, Sharon Rosner \<ciconia@gmail.com\> wrote:
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> > Sequel version 0.5 has just been released. Sequel is a lightweight  
> > database access and ORM library for Ruby. Sequel provides thread  
> > safety, connection pooling and a simple and expressive API for  
> > constructing database queries and table schemas.

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**Author:** ![Sharon\_Rosner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Sharon\_Rosner](https://rubytalk.org/u/Sharon_Rosner)\
**Post date:** [1 January 2008 19:25 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-sequel-0-5-released/43406/3 "2008-01-01T19:25:45Z")

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> Does this mean sequel is faster then AR? Does it work better with  
> legacy databases? Is it more compatible with stored procedures and  
> views?

Sequel cannot really be compared to AR. It is a much better tool for  
working with large data sets and legacy databases. It does support  
selecting records from views and stored procedures. You can make up  
your own mind by giving it a spin.

sharon