Easiest way to get it to work would be to use mysql gem instead of mysql2
gem.
Open up your Gemfile and replace
gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.2.11'
with
gem 'mysql'

And open up your database.yml fine and change adapter from mysql2 to mysql


Chirag
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On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 1:08 PM, venkata reddy <[email protected]>wrote:

> Anybody using rails 3.0.10 and ruby1.9.2 with mysql 5.5.8 on 32 bit
> windows7?
>
> On Sep 8, 12:17 pm, venkata reddy <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Luis,
> > Thanks for your time. But still i am not able to do..getting panic
> > with rails on windows..
> >
> > On Sep 7, 8:57 pm, Luis Lavena <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Sep 7, 10:54 am, venkata reddy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >           I successfully installed rails(3.0.10) and ruby version
> > > > 1.9.2 and mysql version 5.5.8 on my windows7 machine. I am using
> > > > mysisgit also.
> > > > i am able to start any application with sqlite3 which comes default
> > > > for rails. But problem is when i want use mysql.
> > > > i am using
> >
> > > > "rails new appname -d mysql" for using mysql
> > > > $ rails new appname -d mysql
> >
> > > Short answer:
> >
> > > Install either mysql or mysql2 gem following these instructions:
> http://blog.mmediasys.com/2011/07/07/installing-mysql-on-windows-7-x6...
> >
> > > Long answer:
> >
> > > Rails is defaulting to mysql2 and attempting to compile latest
> > > version.
> >
> > > Gem compilation will attempt to find libmysql and headers to link to,
> > > but these are not available unless you supply the --with-mysql-dir
> > > option during gem installation.
> >
> > > Since Bundler doesn't support that, you should install the gem prior
> > > doing the bundle install, which will solve Bundler attempting to
> > > download and install the gem again.
> >
> > > The provided tutorial will work with any version of MySQL installed
> > > since it will not use any file from it. Instead, it will use the
> > > standalone Connector component, which gives you freedom to update
> > > MySQL later.
> >
> > > > and one more thing i noticed here is
> > > > i am not able to find the version of rails when i am in the root, see
> > > > this
> >
> > > > $ rails -v
> > > > ←[31mCould not find gem 'mysql2 (~> 0.2.11, runtime)' in any of the
> > > > gem sources
> > > > listed in your Gemfile.←[0m
> > > > ←[33mRun `bundle install` to install missing gems.←[0m
> >
> > > > But i am able find it when outside the application
> > > > $ rails -v
> > > > Rails 3.0.10
> >
> > > That is because you're inside an application folder and "rails" will
> > > attempt to run in the context of your application (so rails generate,
> > > rails server and others) work.
> >
> > > Hope this helps.
> >
> > > Cheers,
> > > --
> > > Luis Lavena
>
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