Unable to connect mysql from Sequel gem

Question

When I try to connect to MySQL from Sequel. I am getting these errors:

require 'rubygems'
        require 'sequel'
        DB = Sequel.connect(:adapter => 'mysql', :user => 'root', :host => 'localhost', :database => 'scanty',:password=>'xx')
        DB.tables
    Sequel::DatabaseConnectionError: NameError uninitialized constant Mysql::CLIENT_MULTI_RESULTS
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/adapters/mysql.rb:98:in `connect'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/database.rb:92:in `initialize'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb:166:in `call'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb:166:in `make_new'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb:153:in `available'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb:144:in `acquire'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb:143:in `synchronize'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb:143:in `acquire'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/connection_pool.rb:105:in `hold'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/database.rb:471:in `synchronize'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/adapters/mysql.rb:128:in `execute'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/dataset.rb:314:in `execute'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/adapters/mysql.rb:342:in `execute'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/adapters/mysql.rb:298:in `fetch_rows'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/dataset.rb:185:in `each'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/dataset/convenience.rb:156:in `map'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/dataset/convenience.rb:156:in `map'
        from /opt/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/sequel-3.2.0/lib/sequel/adapters/shared/mysql.rb:60:in `tables'
        from (irb):6irb(main):007:0> Sequel::DatabaseConnectionError: NameErro

Answer 1

You need to install the native MySQL driver, the pure ruby one is not compatible with Sequel.

Depending on your Ruby installation, just doing gem install mysql may be enough. However, if the pure Ruby mysql.rb file is already in your Ruby load path, you either need to remove it from the load path or use gem('mysql') before calling Sequel.connect.

Answer 2

You are missing the :host=>'localhost' or whatever your host is.

Also, and this is just purely for performance reasons, you should try to enable :compress. It can save a TON of bandwidth.

http://sequel.rubyforge.org/rdoc/files/doc/opening_databases_rdoc.html

Edit: OK, if it's not the host, perhaps it's a conflict? See http://groups.google.com/group/sequel-talk/browse_thread/thread/ee39640a92351f1?pli=1. Also http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg02275.html