Compatibility with Recent Versions of ActiveRecord

[PriceHardman]

Hi there,

I've been trying to use activerecord-informix-adapter with the most current version of ActiveRecord (3.2.13), and it appears that changes made to the structure of ActiveRecord in recent versions are at odds with activerecord-informix-adapter. Specifically, I've noticed ArgumentError incompatibilities with database statements.

For instance,

At left is the source for ActiveRecord 3.2.13's database statements (select_all, select_one, etc). Notice the number of arguments for select_all (on line 17): def select_all(arel,name = nil, binds = []) #3 arguments

Whereas activerecord-informix-adapter's version of select_all (at right on line 149) takes two arguments: def select_all(sql, name= nil)

I don't know enough about the inner workings of either Informix or ActiveRecord to suggest a fix for this, but perhaps it would be worth noting in the readme the version after which this incompatibility begins?

I'll try to look into this further and possibly submit a pull request. Thanks!

Price H.

[PriceHardman]

It looks like the syntax for the select_all statement (i.e. the introduction of binds, and the transition from 2 to 3 arguments, began with ActiveRecord version 3.1 stable). Versions before that appear to be compatible.

[santana]

Hi,

indeed, there have been a lot of changes in Rails that activerecord-informix-adapter is unusuable as it is right now.

Sadly I'm not using Informix any more. Feel free to make it work or fork it.

[PriceHardman]

Hi Gerardo,

I actually found that a different Ruby ORM (Sequel) comes prepackaged with an Informix adapter (which relies on your ruby-informix gem) and works great. Sequel's odbc adapter also works for connecting to Informix databases.

Thanks for the work you've put in over the years on trying to make Ruby and Informix play nice. Cheers!