Hi Jonathan I'm planning on attending your user group tomorrow (Wed) morning. Don't know if you'll be there, but hope some folks will be able to help me with this bug. I'm desperate enough that I'm going to lug my 24" iMac down to The Cup!
see you guys there, Rick Casey On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Jonathan Christensen <[email protected]>wrote: > I had the same problem as mentioned in the stackoverflow thread on the > original email. I had installed mysql via the binary. The solution on the > thread worked for me. > > One other thing: I also tried using mac ports to install mysql and didn't > like how it went, so I *uninstalled* that before going to the binary > installation. FWIW, the binary installation is 64 bit, so it's perfect for > development purposes. If you need to configure special things for > production, then by all means compile mysql, but this is 2010 and I don't > feel like I should have to compile my database for development anymore. :-) > > --Jon > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Nathan Witmer > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> We're not using mysql at work anymore, but I pulled this out of an email >> from awhile back. Assumes mysql via macports... >> >> % sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/ >> >> If you haven't gotten it working by next Wednesday and are looking for >> that personal touch, feel free to stop by The Cup that morning. There's >> always a handful of us in the back room. You can also hit me up on gchat, >> nwit...@... >> >> Nathan >> >> On Jan 21, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Rick Casey wrote: >> >> Hello Boulder Ruby, >> >> I am new to Ruby On Rails, and normally am willing to suffer through the >> long and winding road of apprenticeship that comes with learning any new >> environment; but in this case, I am reaching out to the local Ruby community >> to see if someone might be willing to help me with a tough installation >> problem to get me up and running. >> >> I'm a developer with 15 years experience, but don't have the time to learn >> everything about the Ruby/Gems/Rails environment just to get it working. And >> I wouldn't send this message if it wasn't urgent; I've been going round and >> round for a couple of weeks trying to the mysql gem 2.8.1 to work with on >> the iMac Snow Leopard -- to no avail. This appears to be a well known bug in >> the community, and has given major headache to many. >> >> For a quick synopsis of this issue, an excellent thread is posted at >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/991708/rails-mysql-and-snow-leopard >> >> Though I am trying all the suggestions mentioned there, I am no closer to >> getting this to work. I am using the example shown on the Apple Developer >> page >> http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html >> as a demo project, but am currently stuck at the step: >> rake db: migrate >> >> I really wanted to make it to your meeting this past Tuesday night, but >> only learned of it that day, and had too many other commitments to come. >> >> But if there are any iMac ROR gurus out there who are willing to make >> contact, please let me know. This project has professional ramifications for >> me, and I'd love to jump into ROR development, and become an active member >> in your community. >> >> Thanks much, >> -- Rick >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Rick Casey :: [email protected] :: 303.345.8893 >> >> Rick Casey :: [email protected] :: 303.345.8893
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