Ruby Database Connectivity

After mostly doing RoR work for the last several months, lately I've had to write a few command line scripts that interact with MySQL.

I came across an article by Steve Litt on Troubleshooters.com, which I found useful for comparing the mysql driver, dbi, and ActiveRecord:

Ruby Database Connectivity

And here a few articles by Paul DuBois on Ruby and database connectivity:

Using the Ruby MySQL Module

Using the Ruby DBI Module