From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@...>
Date: 2003-08-10T01:08:49+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.

The digital ink on "temporarily" was hardly dry before TOMITA Masahiro 
wrote me that mysql-ruby-2.4.5 is out and fixes the compatibility 
problem. Awesome. The new version also jives with MySQL 4.1.

http://www.tmtm.org/en/mysql/ruby/

/ David