MySelf.to_s

Sequel: The Database Toolkit for Ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'sequel'

DB = Sequel.sqlite # memory database

DB.create_table :items do
  primary_key :id
  String :name
  Float :price
end

items = DB[:items] # Create a dataset

# Populate the table
items.insert(:name => 'abc', :price => rand * 100)
items.insert(:name => 'def', :price => rand * 100)
items.insert(:name => 'ghi', :price => rand * 100)

# Print out the number of records
puts "Item count: #{items.count}"

# Print out the average price
puts "The average price is: #{items.avg(:price)}"

Connecting to a database

(Source: github.com)