From: Ed Reed <joebananas10@...>
Date: 2010-10-09T04:04:25+09:00
Subject: Re: ODBC app in Ruby - I don't believe it.

Paul Mckibbin wrote:
> Have you installed the mysql client software? The gem only provides 
> bindings
> to this, and without it you won't be able to connect. Since, as 
> mentioned
> elsewhere you haven't provided any of your errors, it is difficult to 
> deduce
> what is going wrong. I develop Ruby software across 3 different 
> platforms,
> including Windows, with and without Rails, and find it a rewarding
> experience.
> 
> Mak

I did include the errors in an earlier reply and as I also mentioned 
earlier I was able to make a small amount of forward progress which 
would indicate that I do have the necessary client software installed. 
Unfortunately, since the dbd-mysql "snap-in" is apparently a dead 
project it seems pointless to continue down that path and I need to try 
a different direction. Not that this was the only issue in the 
discussion. The main point was a much more "thirty thousand foot view" 
of Ruby DB/CGI app development in general.
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