This release of the gem enhances the performance of the Ruby driver for IBM Data Servers on Ruby 1.9, by making non-blocking database calls in a transparent manner. With this feature you can now get the real benefit of Rails threaded support and connection pooling with IBM Data Servers. A single copy of Rails with IBM Data Server can handle multiple concurrent database requests simultaneously.

For other changes refer to the change log of the gem.

So what more to wait for, grab your copy of latest DB2 and the ibm_db gem from the links below and give it a try.

As always keep your comments and feedback flowing in through our forums http://rubyforge.org/forum/?group_id=2361

ibm_db gem 1.5.0 --> http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=2361

DB2 Express-C V97 --> https://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/iwm/web/preLogin.do?source=swg-db2expressc&S_CMP=ECDDWW01&S_TACT=ACDB206

Yours,

Praveen