From: Jim Menard <jimm@...>
Date: 2005-01-07T05:09:35+09:00
Subject: MySQL DBD now working on my Windows XP box

I've been struggling with getting MySQL working on my work box running Windows 
XP. I installed DBI and DBD but kept seeing errors. Here are the two actions 
that finally got it running:

1) Downloaded mysql.so from 
http://seagecko.org/thoughts/2004/09/09/ruby-mysql-and-windows/ (thanks, 
Justin) and installed it in /ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/i386-msvcrt. That 
changed my error message to one that said something like "can't find 
mysql_character_code_somethingorother in LIBMYSQL.DLL".

2) Copied /mysql/lib/opt/libmysql.dll to /windows/system32, replacing the 
libmySQL.dll that was already there.

Now I can use DBI and---even better---Rails on my work box. Yay! I hope these 
two tips help somebody else.

Jim
-- 
Jim Menard, jimm@io.com, http://www.io.com/~jimm