Hi again Alex
I'm sorry if I sound like a complete noob here but, isn't .push() a
public instance method?
If so, shouln'd it have an object prefix? Is '$:' an object?
I tried adding $:.push("/home/thinkers/ruby/gems") to environment.rb
and rebooting but it had no effect.
Is there something really stupid I've missed out here?
Gavin
On 14 Jan, 00:44, Alex Malinovich <alex.malinov...@planetargon.com>
wrote:
> This looks like it probably would solve your problem. I've never seen
> a Rails host require users to do that, though I'd imagine that some of
> the one-size-fits-all hosts out there might suggest it. In general,
> anything that loads gems should typically go into your environment.rb
> file. The "correct" way of doing that is by adding any additional
> paths to config.load_paths in your environment.rb. For example, to
> include any gems in vendor/gems/ you would do something like:
>
> config.load_paths += Dir["#{RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/gems/**"].map do |dir|
> File.directory?(lib = "#{dir}/lib") ? lib : dir
> end
>
> Assuming that the code your host has provided you works, and assuming
> that they build the gem properly (as I said before, the mysql gem has
> to be built on the platform that it's going to be used on), then
> getting rails to load it via environment.rb make it get loaded.
>
> But judging by the error you've been getting in your logs, the problem
> is definitely that your project can't find the mysql gem. And without
> it, it can't connect to the database, so your mongrels just die
> immediately after starting. (And you get the 500 gateway error that so
> many Rails admins are so familiar with. :) )
>
> Hope that helps.
>
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> On Jan 13, 12:22 pm, Dr_Gavin <dr_ga...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Alex
>
> > My host - 600host offers a system wherby you install gems directly by
> > selecting from a list.
> > The gem then appears on my list of gems.
>
> > On closer inspection though, my gems are installed in a specific
> > folder:
> > ------
> > Ruby Gems are are collections of functions that allow you to perform
> > tasks in Ruby. You will need to install a Gem before you can use it
> > inside a Ruby program.
>
> > Note: Gems are installed directly from the RubyForge repository.
>
> > Location of Your Ruby Gem(s)
>
> > Path: /home/thinkers/ruby/gems
>
> > Using Your Ruby Gem(s)
>
> > You will need to add /home/thinkers/ruby/gems to the include path.
> > You can do this by adding the following code to your script:
>
> > $:.push("/home/thinkers/ruby/gems")
>
> > --------
>
> > any idea where in my script I would add "$:.push("/home/thinkers/ruby/
> > gems")" ? You reckon this would solve the problem?
>
> > On 13 Jan, 19:43, Alex Malinovich <alex.malinov...@planetargon.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > A 500 message typically means that your mongrels are not responding.
> > > How did you go about installing the gem? (anything other than "gem
> > > install" isn't going to work since the mysql gem requires platform-
> > > specific bindings to build properly).
>
> > > --
> > > Alex Malinovich
> > > Director of Deployment Services
>
> > > PLANET ARGON, LLC
> > > design // development // hosting
>
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>
> > > +1 503 445 2457
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>
> > > On Jan 13, 11:14 am, Dr_Gavin <dr_ga...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I have an app I've just managed to lauch but when I visit the homepage
> > > > I get an error 500 message
>
> > > > On my production log I can see :
>
> > > > "MissingSourceFile (no such file to load -- mysql)"
>
> > > > I've downloaded the MySQL gem using the means provided by my host by
> > > > that hasn't helped.
>
> > > > does anybody have a clue how to fix this?
>
> > > > the app was built in Rails 2.1 but launched in Rails 2.2 if that
> > > > helps?
> > > > I updated rails on my machine and all of my tests pass. The app runs
> > > > fine on my machine in rails 2.2.2
>
> > > > This is my first time deploying and I'd really appeciate some help if
> > > > anybody can spare a few minutes?
>
> > > > Thanks,
>
> > > > Gavin
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