ArJdbc::ConnectionMethods.module_eval do def firebird_connection(config) config[:adapter_spec] ||= ::ArJdbc::Firebird return jndi_connection(config) if jndi_config?(config) begin require 'jdbc/firebird' ::Jdbc::Firebird.load_driver(:require) rescue LoadError # assuming driver.jar is on the class-path end config[:host] ||= 'localhost' config[:port] ||= 3050 config[:url] ||= begin "jdbc:firebirdsql://#{config[:host]}:#{config[:port]}/#{config[:database]}" end config[:driver] ||= ::Jdbc::Firebird.driver_name jdbc_connection(config) end # alias_method :jdbcfirebird_connection, :firebird_connection end