From: Martin Larsson <martin.morgoth@...>
Date: 2003-12-31T02:37:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Having trouble with ruby-mysql

Lyle Johnson wrote:

> Jaap wrote:
>
>> Martin Larsson wrote:
>>
>>> Hi list
>>>
>>> I'm running ruby-1.8.1-i386-mswin32 on winxp.
>>> Works good, but I would like mysql support to work too...
>>> I am trying with mysql-ruby-2.4.2-1-winpkg but it says it need 
>>> mswin32-ruby16.dll and i cant find it anywhere
>>> Anyone know where i can get it?
>>
>>
>> In my C:\Ruby\bin there is a file called msvcrt-ruby18.dll
>> I would assume that's the file you'd need. It'll have a different 
>> name on your system if you use Ruby 1.6.
>
>
> No, those DLLs have different names because they're different files ;)
>
> It sounds like the precompiled version of ruby-mysql that Martin has 
> was compiled against Ruby 1.6, and he will need to find someone who 
> has compiled it against Ruby 1.8.1 instead.
>
>
>
ok, thanks
then I am looking for someone who has done that ;)
or, i will try to do it myself too, but i have absolutely no experience 
of compiling anything on windows :S

/Martin