IBM_DB-0.8.0 gem enables full support to Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) 11.10 and beyond through IBM_DB Rails adapter and ibm_db Ruby driver. Fixes include new driver method to retrieve last inserted serial value.

While using the newly released Open Beta (Viper 2) IBM data server clients, Rails application can use an Informix Dynamic Server back-end along with DB2 on all platforms (LUW, i5 and z/OS): https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/data/viper2_open/

An overview for the IBM data server clients setup can be found in the Info Center: https://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/db2luw/v9r5/topic/com.ibm.db2.luw.qb.client.doc/doc/c0023452.html