@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ test drivers directly from this repository. Introduction ------------ -To connect and send queries to databases, DataObjects relies on native -extensions. Native extensions have been written in both C (for the Ruby MRI -platform) and Java (for the JRuby platform). Individual drivers may include -extensions for both Ruby MRI and JRuby, or one or the other. +To connect to and query the database, DataObjects relies on native extensions. +Native extensions have been written in both C (for the MRI/Ruby 1.8.6 platform) +and Java (for the JRuby platform). Individual drivers may include extensions for +both Ruby MRI and JRuby, or one or the other. C extensions have been written using according to each vendor API. Java drivers use the standard JDBC API. Although there are dialectical differences between the Java drivers, the JDBC API ensures a reasonable amount of commonality. As -such, the Java extensions rely on a common do\_jdbc\_support gem, which wraps -code that is common to all of the Java extensions. +such, the Java extensions rely on a common do\_jdbc gem, which wraps code that +is common to all of the Java extensions. Installation ------------ @@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ Installation To install a driver from the repository `cd` into the driver directory and use the provided `rake install` task to install for the default platform. -If a driver includes extensions for both MRI or JRuby platforms, you can be -explicit about which platform you wish to install the extension for as follows: - - rake install:mri - jruby -S rake install:jruby - Copyright and Licensing ----------------------- README.markdown 48395297685826b04c95d941b87824c7f8a47b48 Alex Coles alexbcoles@mac.com http://github.com/sam/do/commit/bd5ad8fba10553076128bdb2a23e9b62fff819c4 bd5ad8fba10553076128bdb2a23e9b62fff819c4

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Update README with accurate description and installation instructions Signed-off-by: Alex Coles <alexbcoles@mac.com> 63e2462916a762cc9cad85fc040a70efe477da9a Alex Coles alexbcoles@mac.com