From: Jeff Everett <jaever@...>
Date: 2006-08-03T00:22:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby MySQL Gem uses older client library

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Paul,

You will probably need to reinstall the MySQL gem. When that gem installs,
it compiles native extensions based on your current MySQL libraries. If you
upgrade MySQL, you have to recompile the gem.

Jeff

On 8/2/06, Paul Mcconnon <pauliephonic@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there, can ayone enlighten me on why I Ruby (using MySQl gem) would
> use an older client library.
>
> I have an XP box for developing and an Ubuntu box for deployment.
>
> Both have 5.x clients installed. The ubuntu still has older clients as
> well.
>
> Some code I have written requires the 5.x client. This code runs on the
> XP box but not on the Ubuntu box (apart from this glitch other Ruby /
> Mysql works fine)
>
> In investigating the issue I ran IRB, required 'mysql' and called
> Mysql.get_client_version. The version reported on Ubuntu was a 4.x
> driver, the version on XP the correct 5.x driver.
>
> Ubuntu's libraries and config are correctly set at 5.x and symlinks
> point to correct libraries.
>
> I am thinking I may have installed the 5.x client after I has installed
> the 2.7 mysql gem, would this 'lock' the Gem to the older client? Do I
> need to re-install / rebuild the Gem??
>
> Any help appreciated, thanks.
>
> Paul
>
> ps I tried searching forum first but search is disabled, apologies if
> this has been asked before. I tried googling to no avail.
>
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