I think it is not a good idea to use Access as a datebase. You could use EMS SQL Management Studio for PostgreSQL to export your data from access to PostgreSql and then adopt ActiveRecord in your Ruby project. But you have to adapt the table names and structure as the ActiveRecord convention or customize the models (http:// 2dconcept.com/articles/2-rails-legacy-db-activerecord-conventions).
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