From: Michael Neumann <neumann@...>
Date: 2001-06-23T02:31:34+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:16776] Re: DBI 0.0.5 problem

Krzysztof P. Jasiutowicz wrote:
> On 22-06-2001, Michael Neumann wrote thusly :
> > Krzysztof P. Jasiutowicz wrote:
> > > Could someone please explain why all my DBI scripts are failing ?
> > > With an error :
> > > /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/dbi/dbi.rb:289:in `load_driver': Could not load
> > > driver (No such file to load -- mysql) (DBI::InterfaceError)
> > >         from /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.6/dbi/dbi.rb:252:in `connect'
> > >         from x.rb:4
> > The DBD is named "Mysql" not "mysql" (like Perl).
> And I am calling this DBD like this in x.rb file :
> dbh = DBI.connect('DBI:Mysql:test', '', '')
> 
> so why does it report 'mysql' file error ?

Ah, I know where your problem lies. 
You have to install the "mysql" module by TOMITA Masahiro from RAA (Ruby Application Archive) or
from http://www.tmtm.org/mysql/. 

The Mysql-DBD require this.

Regards,

  Michael


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