From: carl@... (Carl Youngblood)
Date: 2002-11-04T03:18:37+09:00
Subject: Re: "stack level too deep" error when trying to multithread in win32 using dbi

> 
> C> I'm trying to do some multithreaded ruby programming on Windows, using
> C> the pragprogrammers' ruby167-5.exe installation.  I've got MySQL
> C> working too and I'm using the DBI in my code.  The thing is, ruby
> C> threads work fine if I don't call any DBI code.  But if I do call DBI
> C> code, even if I completely close my connection before using any
> C> threads, I get a "stack level too deep" error.  When I remove the DBI
> C> code, the threads work fine.  Here is the threaded code:
> 
>  Can you give the complete example, I can't reproduce it with DBD::Pg
> 

I believe the problem is related to the Win32 port of ruby not having
complete support for ruby threads.  I'm just wondering if anyone knows
a way around this, or if it is going to be fixed soon.

Thanks,
Carl