On 4 August 2011 14:19, Matt Davies <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Hello there > > I've got a fresh ubuntu box and done some magic to it to get 32 bit > unixODBC to connect to a 32 bit third party driver on a 64 bit Ubuntu > box. isql is working. > > http://webdev.blogs.glam.ac.uk/2011/08/04/32-bit-odbc-driver-with-32-bit-unixodbc-on-a-64-bit-ubuntu-os/ > > I now have to test connecting to this database using ruby, in order to > get my rails app to talk to it. > > We're only pulling bits of data out here to populate a couple of pages > with stuff, it's not the main database that runs the app. > > I've installed RVM on the machine, and then install ruby 1.8.7 using rvm > > which ruby > /home/nonrootuser/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p352/bin/ruby > > I've then downloaded the ruby-odbc driver from here > > http://www.ch-werner.de/rubyodbc/ruby-odbc-0.99994.tar.gz > > expanded it and I'm in the folder > > So now, to follow the instructions > > http://www.ch-werner.de/rubyodbc/README > > I do > > ruby -Cext extconf.rb --enable-dlopen > > straight away, an error > > ruby: Can't chdir to ext (fatal) > > maybe it's a typo in the instructions, let's try putting a space between > the -C and ext, like it is in the make commands > > ruby -C ext extconf.rb --enable-dlopen > ruby: Can't chdir to ext (fatal)
It appears to be expecting there to be a directory called ext in the current dir, containing extconf.rb. Can you see such a folder in the unpacked files? Perhaps you are running from the wrong directory. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
