Failing to bundle install tiny_tds on Mac OS X 10.8 with Homebrew FreeTds

Question

MY QUESTION
What are some surefire steps I can take to 100% get this working? I would need real instructions, not one liner answers or vague conceptual desc

Answer 1

Well, unfortunately I've now got it working and have NO CLUE how I've done it but I will list all of the things I've done so far in this answer to solve it.

In the end, bundle install with standard gem 'tiny_tds', '0.5.1' ended up working fine. It's running Ruby version 1.9.3-p194 via RVM.

This is where the gold is I'm fairly sure...
I used rvm pkg install iconv and rvm reinstall 1.9.3 --with-iconv-dir=$rvm_path/usr

Once this completed, I deleted all old gem folders... I switched bundle config path to match the new ruby path...

Then did bundle install, and boom.

It's also using iconv 1.13 instead of 1.14 not sure if that matters.

I hope this helps anyone... it's definitely been a huge learning experience for me.