New version 2.5.9 of ibm_db gem is now available.

This version of gem supports database create and drop starting with version V97fp4 and above of DB2 client. With this TDD of rails becomes easier as one will be able to run rake related tasks like rake db:test:clone, rake db:test:purge etc that create and drop database.

Rails databases.rake file to benefit the feature of create and drop database for ibm_db can be found at https://gist.github.com/1653287 We will work with the rails team and soon get this into the Rails core.

For other changes refer to Change Log