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Message: 93719
BY: Mike Pomraning (pilcrow)
DATE: 2010-05-25 04:10
SUBJECT: RE: DBI.connect error-uninitialized Mysql:Driver

 

> ... Could not load driver (uninitialized constant MysqlError) (DBI::InterfaceError)

Today I had and overcame this exact problem. Suggestion: remove your "mysql/ruby" gem or package install, and rebuild and reinstall. (Or switch to the pure ruby ruby/mysql.)

Background: My "mysql/ruby" (C extension) gem was built against libmysqlclient.so.15, but I had since upgraded to a server version with ...so.16.

The gem installation appeared to swallow the error (loading "mysql_api" failed silently, I think). Frustrating.

In any case, rebuilding and reinstalling did the trick.


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DBI.connect error-uninitialized Mysql:DriverHelio Rodrigues2009-07-30 14:08
      RE: DBI.connect error-uninitialized Mysql:DriverMike Pomraning2009-09-06 05:08
      RE: DBI.connect error-uninitialized Mysql:Driver~ ~2009-09-05 20:06
            RE: DBI.connect error-uninitialized Mysql:DriverMike Pomraning2009-09-06 05:19
                  RE: DBI.connect error-uninitialized Mysql:Driver~ ~2009-09-06 10:23
                        RE: DBI.connect error-uninitialized Mysql:DriverMike Pomraning2009-09-06 14:50
                              RE: DBI.connect error-uninitialized Mysql:Driver~ ~2009-09-07 10:31
            RE: DBI.connect error-uninitialized Mysql:DriverMike Pomraning2010-05-25 04:10

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