From: Dema <demetriusnunes@...>
Date: 2005-08-15T04:16:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Installing MySQL Module on Windows?

Take a look here and see if that works for you:
http://dema.ruby.com.br/articles/2005/07/11

rgds
Dema

Christopher Aldridge wrote:
> I briefly read into ActiveRecord and do not think it will suffice
> given my scenerio.
>
> As of now, I'm doing inserts into MySQL by using system("mysql -u x -p
> x db -e "insert into asdf values ${asfd})
>
> I just feel that this is hacky..  I even looked into odbc but that's
> only usable w/ this mysql module :-\
>
>
> On 8/12/05, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I went through similar pains and never did figure it out. Finally someone
> > demonstrated using ActiveRecord for me. I didn't need to do any
> > MySQL-specific setup to get that to work with MySQL. That's what I use now.
> >
> > On 8/12/05, Christopher Aldridge <caldridge@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > All, I'm having a very tuff time getting this mysql module working on
> > > XP. All searches yeild how to's that were last updated in 2003, or
> > > linux only environments.
> > >
> > > Anyone here know an exact method of getting this working?
> > >
> > > (note, I've tried non 2.7-beta2 versions of this module and other
> > > versions of mysql to no avail)
> > >
> > > C:\mysql-ruby-2.7-beta2>extconf.rb
> > > 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
> > >
> > > C:\mysql-ruby-2.7-beta2>extconf.rb --with-mysql-dir=c:/mysql
> > > 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
> > >
> > > C:\mysql-ruby-2.7-beta2>mysql --version
> > > mysql Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.13a, for Win32 (ia32)
> > > C:\mysql-ruby-2.7-beta2>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > HELP!! :)
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > R. Mark Volkmann
> > Partner, Object Computing, Inc.
> > 
> >