From: planetthoughtful <planetthoughtful@...>
Date: 2005-12-01T07:27:30+09:00
Subject: Ruby, MySQL on WinXP?

Hello All,

I'm just starting out learning Ruby, having come from a PHP background.

I've downloaded the latest stable Ruby release, and have also used the
GEM package manager to install Rails, but I'm a little confused about
how I connect Ruby to MySQL?

The only references I can find to a Ruby driver for MySQL call for
compiling, and I (and many other WinXP users, I imagine) don't have a
copy of Visual C++ with which to do that.

Is there no official supported driver for connecting Ruby to MySQL
under Windows?

Forgive the newbiness of the question, but it's been bugging me since I
installed Ruby, and given my PHP background, I sort of take being able
to connect to MySQL for granted.

Many thanks for any help!

Much warmth,

planetthoughtful