From: Joao Pedrosa <joaopedrosa@...>
Date: 2004-12-28T23:56:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Connecting to MySQL 4.1.x from Ruby on Windows XP

Hi,

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 11:51:35 -0300, Joao Pedrosa <joaopedrosa@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:38:32 +0900, John Wilger <johnwilger@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Is there a library available to allow connections to MySQL 4.1.x from
> > a Ruby install on a Windows XP machine? I don't have a C compiler on
> > this machine, so I'm looking for either a pure-ruby solution, or
> > pre-built binaries.
> 
> If ODBC is enough, I have connected to MySQL 4.1.x on Windows XP with
> it. At the moment, with the changes in the mysql client library
> (libclient.dll), I would say that ODBC is the easiest way to connect
> to MySQL. :-)

Small correction. I meant libmysql.dll, instead of libclient.dll. Sorry.

> 
> The Ruby installer includes the ODBC driver. The Ruby-ODBC site is at:
> http://www.ch-werner.de/rubyodbc/
> 
> If you need further help, please ask.
> 
> Cheers,
> Joao
>