Testing ActiceRecord-JDBC with DB2 on Mac OS X

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I helped to testing ActiveRecord-JDBC with DB2 on my Macmini. But there are two big traps. In this article, I write about the second trap : Testing ActiceRecord-JDBC with DB2 on Mac OS X.

Clone sources and tests from repository

$ git clone http://github.com/nicksieger/activerecord-jdbc-adapter.git

Install DB2 on Mac OS X

I helped to testing ActiveRecord-JDBC with DB2 on my Macmini. But there are two big traps. In this article, I write about the first trap : Install DB2 on Mac OS X. I have researched with IBM developerWorks, Antonio Cangiano's blog, Google and Google.

Choose Installer

I use DB2 Express-C for this test. But, unfortunately, There are no V9.7.x installer for Mac OS X. So I choose the V9.5.2 beta installer.