Can’t Find the Database?
When using MySQL with Rails, even following a successful installation of MySQL, Rails may display an error message similar to the following when you try to run your application:
no such file to load -- mysql
Some versions of Rails (Rails 2.2 and newer) require that the MySQL gem be installed as a separate operation. To do this, enter the following at the system prompt:
gem install mysql
Another problem may arise on Windows. When you run your application, it is possible that you will see an error message similar to this:
The specified module could not be found. c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7.3-x86-mswin32/ext/mysql.so
If you encounter this problem, you should be able to fix it by making a copy of a file called libmySQL.dll ...
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