mysql dbi connection: works in irb, not in script? - mysql

Question

I am trying to use the rubygem DBI to connect to MYSQL on Windows 7; I can connect using irb but not from within a ruby script, which has stumped me for a few days now...
Here is my gem env output:
RubyGems Environment:
- RUBYGEMS VERSION: 1.8.28
- RUBY VERSION: 1.9.3 (2014-02-24 patchlevel 545) [i386-mingw32]
- INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1
- RUBY EXECUTABLE: C:/Ruby193/bin/ruby.exe
- EXECUTABLE DIRECTORY: C:/Ruby193/bin
- RUBYGEMS PLATFORMS:
- ruby
- x86-mingw32
- GEM PATHS:
- C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1
- C:/Users/rick/.gem/ruby/1.9.1
- GEM CONFIGURATION:
- :update_sources => true
- :verbose => true
- :benchmark => false
- :backtrace => false
- :bulk_threshold => 1000
- REMOTE SOURCES:
- http://rubygems.org/
Here is my irb connection:
irb(main):001:0> require 'dbi'
=> true
irb(main):004:0> dbh=DBI.connect("DBI:Mysql:host=127.0.0.1;port=3306", "rick",>
=> #<DBI::DatabaseHandle:0x2c30bb0 #handle=#<DBI::DBD::Mysql::Database:0x2c30dd8
#handle=#<Mysql:0x2c30f28>, #attr={"AutoCommit"=>true}, #have_transactions=true
, #mutex=#<Mutex:0x2c30bf8>>, #trace_output=nil, #trace_mode=nil, #convert_types
=true, #driver_name="Mysql">
irb(main):005:0> row = dbh.select_one("SELECT VERSION()")
=> ["5.5.25a"]
irb(main):006:0> puts row
5.5.25a
=> nil
irb(main):007:0>
And here is my script:
require 'DBI'
require 'mysql'
# connect to the MySQL server
begin
dbh = DBI.connect("DBI:Mysql:wikifracdb:127.0.0.1;port=3306", "rick", "rick")
# get server version string and display it
row = dbh.select_one("SELECT VERSION()")
puts "Server version: " + row[0]
rescue DBI::DatabaseError => e
puts "An error occurred"
puts "Error code: #{e.err}"
puts "Error message: #{e.errstr}"
ensure
# disconnect from server
dbh.disconnect if dbh
end
But when I run my script, I get:
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/dbi-0.4.5/lib/dbi.rb:93: warning: already in
itialized constant VERSION
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/dbi-0.4.5/lib/dbi.rb:96: warning: already in
itialized constant API_VERSION
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/dbi-0.4.5/lib/dbi.rb:100: warning: already i
nitialized constant DEFAULT_TRACE_MODE
C:/Ruby193/lib/ruby/gems/1.9.1/gems/dbi-0.4.5/lib/dbi.rb:101: warning: already i
nitialized constant DEFAULT_TRACE_OUTPUT
An error occurred
Error code: 2003
Error message: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)
I have Windows Firewall turned off.
Any suggestions will be much appreciated...this has been driving me crazy!