From: Joao Pedrosa <joaopedrosa@...>
Date: 2005-02-15T08:18:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Connecting Ruby to MySQL in Windows

Hi,

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 06:34:50 +0900, Marcelo (PC) <paniagua@pcmxl.com.mx> wrote:
> Hello there!
> 
>   I'm just started with Ruby and I would like to connect to MySQL using
> Windows.. However, when I run the next statement:
> 
> C:\mysql-ruby-2.5>ruby extconf.rb
> 
>   I get the following:
> 
> checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no
> checking for main() in m.lib... yes
> checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no
> checking for main() in z.lib... no
> checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no
> checking for main() in socket.lib... no
> checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no
> checking for main() in nsl.lib... no
> checking for mysql_query() in mysqlclient.lib... no
> 
>  I have installed the latest Ruby version, as well as the MySQL engine.  Any
> idea whats happening?

Use the pure Ruby mysql driver on Windows:
http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ruby-mysql/

Or try to find an already compiled driver. Because it's to hard to
compile it by ourselves. I tried it yesterday. Maybe I could try to
find a better MySQL version to compile against. Anyway, don't lose
sleep over this. :-)

Cheers,
Joao