From: X-Man <x@...>
Date: 2006-01-05T08:57:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie - Problem One - Ruby and MySQL

There is no native Ruby to MySQL adapter under Windows. That is why
each of the pieces work independently, but you are frustrated. (This is
why I use Sqlite3 instead of MySQL) You can build your own adapter
under Cygwin, apparently, but I think it's too much pain for the
reward.

If you must, here's the link from the guy who wrote a book on MySQL ...
http://www.kitebird.com/articles/ruby-mysql.html
Search for the word "Windows".

And here's some complex (but good?) instructions on how to set up the
whole enchilada for Eclipse, which seems to include a way to get at the
database without Cygwin. The JDBC connector seems to be involved - not
sure. ...
http://www.napcs.com/howto/railsonwindows.html

Hope this helps --- And if you do decide to build some adapter for
Windows, upload it for us ;-)