From: "R. Mark Volkmann" <mark@...>
Date: 2005-03-31T07:52:20+09:00
Subject: Re: gems for DBI and MySQL?

Quoting vrajmohan@comcast.net:

> Please try http://www.tmtm.org/en/mysql/ruby/.

I downloaded that and ran "ruby extconf.rb".
After that I tried to run "make", but there was no Makefile.
I assume that extconf was supposed to generated that, but it didn't.
Any ideas?

> > Quoting "Kujawa, Greg" <Greg.Kujawa@DiamondCellar.com>:
> >
> > > You can go to http://ruby-dbi.sourceforge.net/ to download the package,
> as
> > > it doesn't come bundled with the Ruby One-Click Installer for Windows.
> > > Installation isn't too bad. Just follow the documentation that comes with
> > > the package...
> >
> > Downloading DBI is easy enough.  However, I think I also need a database
> driver
> > (DBD) for MySQL.  The page you referenced above says
> >
> > "MySQL (dbd_mysql)
> >
> > depend on the "MySQL Ruby Module" by TOMITA Masahiro <tommy@tmtm.org>
> > <URL:http://www.tmtm.org/mysql/> or available from the RAA."
> >
> > I doesn't appear that it can be downloaded from that URL and I can't find
> > anything in the RAA that claims to be a DBD from MySQL.  Can someone tell
> me
> > the name of the thing I should looking for?
> >
> > Maybe it's just me, but it doesn't seem like setting up Ruby to work with
> MySQL
> > is very well documented.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: R. Mark Volkmann [mailto:mark@ociweb.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:39 AM
> > > To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> > > Subject: gems for DBI and MySQL?
> > >
> > >
> > > My apologies for incorrectly posting this on my first try.
> > > I'm reposting it to it's own thread.
> > >
> > > I need to access a MySQL database from Ruby.
> > > I'm running under Windows using the one-click installer.
> > > Is DBI the preferred way to do that?
> > >
> > > If so, what do I need to install that doesn't come bundled in the
> one-click
> > > installer?  DBI?  Ruby MySQL driver?
> > >
> > > Are there gems for those or do I need to install them the old fashioned
> way?
> > >
> > > --
> > > R. Mark Volkmann
> > > Partner, Object Computing, Inc.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > R. Mark Volkmann
> > Partner, Object Computing, Inc.
> >
>
>


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R. Mark Volkmann
Partner, Object Computing, Inc.