From: andrew mcelroy <sophrinix@...>
Date: 2011-03-07T15:36:54+09:00
Subject: Re: mysql -- cannot connect (can in Perl)

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I am rather shocked that you have having such difficulties.
going back to your original premise:
http://www.kitebird.com/articles/ruby-dbi.html#TOC_4

are you sure you have your credentials including port number correct?


You appear to be on windows: http://rubyinstaller.org/
use the try the 1.8 version of ruby again.

It really sounds like a bad environment setup.

Andrew McElroy

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 11:47 PM, John P. <jlpoole56@gmail.com> wrote:

> Andrew Mcelroy wrote in post #985875:
>  ...<snip>...
> > it does require libmysql, but other than that, I am not aware of it
> > requiring a full instance of mysql.
> >
> > Andrew McElroy
>
> If libmysql is required, should the instructions and/or the gem
> installation bring to the attention of the user this requirement?
>
> I found libmysql at
> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mirror.php?id=377978#mirrors
>
> I selected San Jose:
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-C/mysql-connector-c-noinstall-6.0.2-win32.zip/from/http://mysql.he.net/
>
> and then unzipped the archive.  The question I have is what do to with
> this download.  Are there any instructions on how to call
> "mysql_config.exe", or should this staged unzipped archive be referenced
> from ruby?
>
> I feel like I'm shooting in the dark and apparently have missed a
> critical howto or installation guide.
>
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