Appendix B. Installing MySQL for Ruby on Rails
If you are working with Rails, you will need to install a database. Although quite a few choices are available to you, one of the most widely used is MySQL. If you’ve never used MySQL before, you may find some of the setup options confusing. Here, I’ll try to guide you through the process to avoid potential problems. The MySQL main site is at http://www.mysql.com/, where you can navigate to the download page for various versions.
Note
This appendix is based on an installation of MySQL 5.0 under Windows. There may be differences when installing other versions on other operating systems. Refer to the MySQL ...
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