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+# MonetDB-Ruby
+
+Ruby driver for MonetDB
+
+## Installation
+
+First build a gem file starting from the given gemspec:
+
+```bash
+$ gem build ruby-monetdb-sql-0.2.gemspec
+```
+
+Then install the resulting gem with the command:
+
+```bash
+$ gem install --local ruby-monetdb-sql-0.2.gem
+```
+
+## Example
+```ruby
+require_relative 'MonetDB'
+
+conn = MonetDB.new
+conn.connect(user = "monetdb", passwd = "monetdb", lang = "sql", host="127.0.0.1", port = 50000, database_connection_name = "demo", auth_type = "SHA1")
+
+result =conn.query("SELECT 1")
+
+result.each_record do |record|
+  puts record
+end
+```
+
+A more extensive example can be found in /lib/example.rb
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