From: planetthoughtful <planetthoughtful@...>
Date: 2005-12-01T15:22:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby, MySQL on WinXP?

Hi Dave,

I am actually connecting without difficulty (so far?) to MySQL 5.0.16
from Ruby using the ruby-mysql package downloaded from the link in
James' message. I'm not sure if ruby-mysql supports the new features in
MySQL 5 (ie Stored Procedures, Views etc), but certainly it works with
SELECTs, and I can't see why it wouldn't work with INSERTs and UPDATEs.

The only additional step required at MySQL's end is to ensure that
you're using the OLD_PASSWORD protocol for the user you define for
connecting from Ruby.

For more info, see:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html

Much warmth and many thanks,

planetthoughtful