Re: Invalid access to memory location

[Paul Link]

I was having the same problem. I think that there is an unfortunate bug in the libmysql.dll in mysql version 5.0.41-community-nt MYSQL Community Edition (GPL).

Please see this bug for more details
"http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=28358";

I was able to resolve the matter on my computer by copying an earlier version of libmysql.dll (it might be from mysql 5.0.27 but it has a creation date of Oct 22, 2006). I placed the copied libmysql.dll file into the bin directory of my installed mysql server (C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin)

I am now able to run the ruby commands to require 'mysql' via irb and to get the version number of the mysql gem that I installed. I used gem install to install the mysql 2.7.3 (mswin32) driver. See this webpage for more details regarding those mysql drivers.

"http://www.vandomburg.net/pages/mysql-ruby-windows";

Hope this helps



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/28/2007 05:57PM by Paul Link.