title: Custom Model - "no such file to load -- odbc"
body: <p>I'm trying to create a custom model to interface with a database that isn't supported navtively by Rails or through the OpenLink ODBC driver.  For some reason, I'm getting the following error:</p>
  
  <p>no such file to load -- odbc</p>
  
  <p>I'm at a lost as to why this is occurring as the ruby-odbc gem is in the GEM_PATH and I have a small script that tests this to ensure that the connection works and it worked perfectly.  Does Rails ignore the gem_path?  Is there something else I need to configure?  I checked the GEM_PATH in Rails by writing it out to the browser and it matches what I saw in a terminal window.</p>
  
  <p>FYI: I'm using rvm to manage ruby and all of my gems.  Not sure if this makes any difference, though it really shouldn't from what I can tell.</p>