From: Kirk Haines <khaines@...>
Date: 2005-04-02T15:09:48+09:00
Subject: Re: MySQL under latest one-click installer

R. Mark Volkmann wrote:

> Can it really be this hard to access MySQL from Ruby running under
> Windows?
> 
> Several people have emailed suggestions to me, but none are as simple as
> 1) download file x from site y
> 2) unzip file x
> 3) run this command to install it
> 4) use this API to access a MySQL database

Yes, it is.  I have MySQL running _right now_ on a WinXP box, accessed
through Ruby and DBI, and it was as simple as installing the one-click Ruby
installation.  Installing ruby-mysql, and then installing dbi.  Simple.


Kirk Haines