# DBI Oracle error
**URL:** https://rubytalk.org/t/dbi-oracle-error/18965
**Category:** ruby-talk
**Created:** [14 June 2005 14:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dbi-oracle-error/18965 "2005-06-14T14:24:31Z")
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### Author:  [@Berger\_Daniel1](https://rubytalk.org/u/Berger_Daniel1)
#### Post date: [14 June 2005 14:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dbi-oracle-error/18965/1 "2005-06-14T14:24:31Z")
Good to know. Of the three Oracle drivers, OCI8 is the only one being
actively maintained that I'm aware of, though I did notice that Jim Cain
registered Ruby9i on RubyForge, but I haven't seen any updates lately.
Regards,
Dan
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Graham [mailto:gandalfmeister@gmail.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 2:06 AM
> > To: ruby-talk ML
> > Subject: Re: DBI Oracle error
> >
> > If anyone else is interested, replacing the Oracle driver
> > with the OCI8 driver solved my problem. It looks like the
> > standard Oracle driver is buggy under DBI at least. Graham
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### Author:  [@HAL\_9000](https://rubytalk.org/u/HAL_9000)
#### Post date: [14 June 2005 23:24 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/dbi-oracle-error/18965/2 "2005-06-14T23:24:53Z")
Berger, Daniel wrote:
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>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Graham [mailto:gandalfmeister@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 2:06 AM
> > > To: ruby-talk ML
> > > Subject: Re: DBI Oracle error
> > >
> > > If anyone else is interested, replacing the Oracle driver with the OCI8 driver solved my problem. It looks like the standard Oracle driver is buggy under DBI at least. Graham
> >
> > Good to know. Of the three Oracle drivers, OCI8 is the only one being
> > actively maintained that I'm aware of, though I did notice that Jim Cain
> > registered Ruby9i on RubyForge, but I haven't seen any updates lately.
>
> I've been wondering if that's a dead project. I did email him
> twice to ask about it, but never got a response.
>
> Hal