Hi,
in my company we use Oracle and Windows :-(.
Now, I would like at least to start for some quick-and-dirty
solutions to use Ruby. Maybe my boss could be convinced it's
worth a closer look.
I'm afraid, I don't succeed to compile the
<http://ruby9i.sourceforge.net/> library at all. I get loads
of errors the more I try. I easily managed to compile my own
OCI (Oracle from C) programs with MSVC (by the way: C
plugins, too).
I would build a project file of my own but as I see the Ruby
installation includes ".so" files. I don't know what
restrictions to use to build DLLs that can be renamed to
that type.
Could anyone please give me a short description of what is
to do?
Thanks in advance,
Bertram
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Bertram Scharpf
Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
A .so is a .dll. They're compiled basically the same way, just remember to export the Init_* functions. (Or for qnd jobs, export all functions, you can always optimize later). If you have the time, you might want to give the file "rbconfig.rb" a read, pretty much everything the extension configuration scripts use is there.
Also, a little bit of POSIX goes a long way. A lot of Makefile generators count on you using a sh-compatible shell, POSIX CLI tools, and gcc compiler flags. You might try switching to a cygwin or mingw build of ruby if you plan to use extensions a lot.
David Vallner
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On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:38:19 +0100, Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> wrote:
Hi,
in my company we use Oracle and Windows :-(.
Now, I would like at least to start for some quick-and-dirty
solutions to use Ruby. Maybe my boss could be convinced it's
worth a closer look.
I'm afraid, I don't succeed to compile the
<http://ruby9i.sourceforge.net/> library at all. I get loads
of errors the more I try. I easily managed to compile my own
OCI (Oracle from C) programs with MSVC (by the way: C
plugins, too).
I would build a project file of my own but as I see the Ruby
installation includes ".so" files. I don't know what
restrictions to use to build DLLs that can be renamed to
that type.
Could anyone please give me a short description of what is
to do?
Thanks in advance,
Bertram
I only tried to make Ruby9i work for a short time, before deciding
that the Ruby-oci8 interface was more recently maintained, and more
popular:
http://www.jiubao.org/ruby-oci8/
I'm using this (on Windows and otherwise) for a number of production
tasks and Rails systems, and it works well. Conveniently, it also has
a binary download for Windows, so you won't need to compile anything.
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On 1/14/06, Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> wrote:
Hi,
in my company we use Oracle and Windows :-(.
Now, I would like at least to start for some quick-and-dirty
solutions to use Ruby. Maybe my boss could be convinced it's
worth a closer look.
I'm afraid, I don't succeed to compile the
<http://ruby9i.sourceforge.net/> library at all. I get loads
of errors the more I try. I easily managed to compile my own
OCI (Oracle from C) programs with MSVC (by the way: C
plugins, too).
I would build a project file of my own but as I see the Ruby
installation includes ".so" files. I don't know what
restrictions to use to build DLLs that can be renamed to
that type.
Could anyone please give me a short description of what is
to do?
Thanks in advance,
Bertram
Hi,
>in my company we use Oracle and Windows :-(.
>
>I'm afraid, I don't succeed to compile the
><http://ruby9i.sourceforge.net/> library at all. I get loads
>of errors the more I try. I easily managed to compile my own
>OCI (Oracle from C) programs with MSVC (by the way: C
>plugins, too).
A .so is a .dll. They're compiled basically the same way, just remember to
export the Init_* functions. (Or for qnd jobs, export all functions, you
can always optimize later). If you have the time, you might want to give
the file "rbconfig.rb" a read, pretty much everything the extension
configuration scripts use is there.
Phew, I had to edit all the source files and put the
variable declarations in front of the statements.
Now it compiles and works great. Thank you!
You might try switching to a cygwin or mingw build of ruby
if you plan to use extensions a lot.
That will be the next step ...
Bertram
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Am Sonntag, 15. Jan 2006, 04:05:56 +0900 schrieb David Vallner:
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:38:19 +0100, Bertram Scharpf > <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> wrote:
--
Bertram Scharpf
Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany
http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
Hi,
>in my company we use Oracle and Windows :-(.
>
>I'm afraid, I don't succeed to compile the
><http://ruby9i.sourceforge.net/> library at all. I get loads
>of errors the more I try. I easily managed to compile my own
>OCI (Oracle from C) programs with MSVC (by the way: C
>plugins, too).
A .so is a .dll. They're compiled basically the same way, just remember to
export the Init_* functions. (Or for qnd jobs, export all functions, you
can always optimize later). If you have the time, you might want to give
the file "rbconfig.rb" a read, pretty much everything the extension
configuration scripts use is there.
Phew, I had to edit all the source files and put the
variable declarations in front of the statements.
Oh dear. Someone dared to forget to code in that bleeding-edge experimental new shiny C99 </sarcasm>.
Arguably the thing I hated most about C. *mutters about Borland Turbo C colleges*
Now it compiles and works great. Thank you!
Hoolay! If that was all that was needed, you're lucky, I can't get even "nonsense" like iconv and fastcgi to build out of the box.
David Vallner
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On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 19:19:19 +0100, Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> wrote:
Am Sonntag, 15. Jan 2006, 04:05:56 +0900 schrieb David Vallner:
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:38:19 +0100, Bertram Scharpf >> <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> wrote: