From: Jonathan Nielsen Date: 2010-02-04T23:57:25+09:00 Subject: Re: Error: uninitialized constant Mysql::Protocol::UNIXSocke > It appears you're running on Windows, which doesn't have Unix sockets. > Sorry, I don't know how to fix your problem. > On Windows, tell MySQL to connect to '127.0.0.1' instead of 'localhost' to force the use of a TCP socket instead of unix sockets. -Jonathan Nielsen