WalT wrote: > To all the guys using Windows OS and want to use mysql as your > database: > > I went around all the forums of ruby that I could find on the internet > and I'm glad I got the answer that I was looking for: > > The path that I was looking for was G:\Ruby\bin. Ignore the wording > 'add that path to the environment variable called PATH' cos it's just > not in laymen's term for me.
You're a programmer now, not a layman. There are things you must learn, and as Hassan and I have both advised you, *one of the things you must learn is what your PATH is*. Do not ignore it. Learn to deal with it properly. > > All I needed to do was to copy the files from G:\Rails\mysql\bin > directory (windows explorer) to the directory G:\Ruby\bin as they are. No! While this kind of works in this particular case, it is a *very bad* idea: you now have your mySQL binaries mixed up with your Ruby binaries. God help you. And it didn't have to be this way: if you'd actually taken the advice several of us were giving you, you could have done it right. [...] > Thanks to all the guys that helped in this forum - just bear in mind > that some of us are beginners and do not know all the ruby terms so we > need plain old English to survive ;) For the third time: *this had nothing to do with Ruby concepts*. If you can't be bothered to learn what your PATH environment variable is (nothing to do with Ruby) and how to set it (nothing to do with Ruby), then (a) you will most likely screw up your system (as you've done with your supposed "fix" here) and (b) you have no business trying to program. I hate to be that harsh, but that's the way it is. As a programmer, you have great power, and you *must* learn to do things correctly so that you can use that power responsibly. If you're not willing to take 5 minutes to learn about a rudimentary OS concept such as the PATH, then you're not ready for the power that programming provides. For your own sake, stop before you completely screw up your system. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
