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I have a client running Microsoft SQL Server. I am interested in ways of accessing data from this server using R. I would welcome any information about how this can be done. I have a reasonable grasp of SQL and have experience with MySQL and RODBC but don't know anything much about Microsoft SQL Server. David Scott -- _________________________________________________________________

I''m trying to connect to a SQL Server db. I thought I installed the DBI component per the instructions, but its not working. When trying to start the ruby server, I get the message: Please install the sqlserver adapter: `gem install activerecord- sqlserver-adapter` But when I try to install the repository, I get this error message: could not find activerecord-sqlserver-adapter

I could not find the answer to this in a few Google searches and thought I would ask. So when are prepared statements best leveraged in ActiveRecord''s interface? I never really noticed before, but simple condition hashes or scopes do not pass down the binds so that prepared statements are leveraged. So a `Car.find(1)` would but things like `Car.where(:id => 1).first` do not. Is it a

I would like to know if there is a way to ''package'' an application with all the associated gems and ship it to a new server and having it to "just work" in a Windows environment. Although I have never done it I know that Rails can be frozen into the application. I am wondering if I can do the same thing with other gems. I have found this