Michael Satterwhite wrote in post #969181: > Peter Vandenabeele wrote in post #969175: >> Michael Satterwhite wrote in post #969123: ... >>> I just installed it. Same result. >>> >>> I'm not sure my gem is installing correctly, though - or if there is >>> something else needed. Note the following: >>> >>> irb(main):001:0> require 'pg' >>> => true >>> irb(main):002:0> cn = PGconn.open(:dbname => 'movies') >>> NameError: uninitialized constant PGconn >>> from (irb):2 >> >> Actually ... are you using ruby 1.8.x ? >> >> Is that line >> >> irb(main):001> require 'pg' >> >> really your first line in the irb session ? >> >> Should you not do >> >> require 'rubygems' >> >> first ? (IIRC, required in 1.8.x but no longer in 1.9.x) > > I have the environment variable > > RUBYOPT=rubygems > > set. This causes 1.8.x to automatically set rubygems as in 1.9.x.
Ah, thanks for that info. It works that way here too. pet...@asus:~$ export RUBYOPT=rubygems pet...@asus:~$ echo $RUBYOPT rubygems pet...@asus:~$ irb irb(main):001:0> require 'pg' => true irb(main):002:0> Object.constants.grep(/PG/) => ["PGconn", "PGresult", "PGError"] Peter -- 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.
