From: Luis Lavena <luislavena@...>
Date: 2010-02-04T21:44:13+09:00
Subject: Re: mysql gem: better native extension error than this?

On Feb 4, 1:38 am, Tony Arcieri <t...@medioh.com> wrote:
> [Note:  parts of this message were removed to make it a legal post.]
>
> uninitialized constant MysqlCompat::MysqlRes
>
> ..surely the error can be better than this.  The meaning of this error is
> "the native extension failed to load", however the error does not convey
> this whatsoever.  Can't this be:
>
> NativeExtensionError: couldn't load libmysqlclient.so
>
> Or something slightly more informative?
>

When are you getting this?

A sample script that can reproduce it? Or is a Rails application?

Definitely things could be better, also world peace can be achieved if
humans weren't so greedy and help each other instead.

The repository used to build the gem is here:

http://github.com/luislavena/mysql-gem

Feel free to fork it, adjust what is needed and ensure tests works
prior sending a pull request.

Regards,
--
Luis Lavena