From: David Heinemeier Hansson Date: 2003-08-10T00:20:32+09:00 Subject: Re: Problems with the Ruby MySQL Interface 2.4.4a and Ruby 1.8.0 on OS X > The Ruby MySQL Interface 2.4.4a package compiles fine with Ruby 1.8.0 > on the OS X 10.2.6 I'm running, but as soon as I try to run the test > script (or require 'mysql' in IRB), it cramps with this: It appears that this problem only occurs if the Ruby MySQL Interface is compiled with 1.8. Luckily, you can use a version of Ruby MySQL Interface compiled with 1.6.8 along with 1.8. So that solves the problem. Temporarily, at least. / David