From: abraham tio <tio.a@...>
Date: 2005-08-20T08:49:00+09:00
Subject: Re: problem installing mysql in windows

have you tried other versions of mysql-ruby ?
i got the same output until i tried a few different versions and then 
found to my amazement that version 2.5.1 worked.


Christopher Aldridge wrote:

>Andres, I experienced the same problem and got no where. If you figure
>it out, please let me know. Here's my original post:
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>>>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.
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>>>Anyone here know an exact method of getting this working?
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>>>(note, I've tried non 2.7-beta2 versions of this module and other
>>>versions of mysql to no avail)
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>>>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!! :)
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>On 8/19/05, rcoder <rcoder@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>The 'mysql' gem only provides the Ruby bindings to the MySQL client API
>>-- you have to separately install the MySQL libraries for your system.
>>I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you're trying to run Ruby on
>>Rails, (and hence posted this question here) you'll probably want the
>>full MySQL server installation, as well.
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>>Basically, go to mysql.com, download the latest Windows distribution,
>>and make sure your MySQL install is working before trying to install
>>the Ruby bindings.
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>>-Lennon
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