title: Connecting to an MSSQL database from a Ruby on Rails application running on Ubuntu
body: <p>I have a situation where I'm trying to build a web app which takes a total count of records in a table and outputs it to the screen. Sounds simple right...?</p>
  
  <p>The main problem I'm having is that the DB I want to look at is MSSQL. I haven't set up this kind of DB connection from Rails before so I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. </p>
  
  <p>My RoR application will live on a Ubuntu server (and is being developed on a OSX Leopard system).</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>I should clarify that the MSSQL DB is running on SQL server 2005 and is on a windows server environment. </p></li>
  <li><p>I tried checking out the wiki.rubyonrails.org guide but the site seems to be down (sad)</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>