no such file to load -- mysql (LoadError) - ruby gems - mysql

Question

I'm a newbie to ruby, trying to connect mysql servcer through Ruby for cucumber and getting the following error while running cukes.
error: no such file to load -- mysql (LoadError)
But installed mysql gem and here is my gem list and also has libmysql.dll under ruby_home\bin path
addressable (2.2.8)
builder (3.0.0)
bundler (1.1.4)
childprocess (0.3.3)
cucumber (1.2.1)
diff-lcs (1.1.3)
ffi (1.0.11, 1.0.9 x86-mingw
gherkin (2.11.1 x86-mingw32)
headless (0.2.2)
json (1.7.3)
libwebsocket (0.1.4)
minitest (1.6.0)
multi_json (1.3.6)
mysql (2.8.1 x86-mingw32)
mysql2 (0.3.11 x86-mingw32)
net-ldap (0.3.1)
rake (0.8.7)
rdoc (2.5.8)
rspec (2.10.0)
rspec-core (2.10.1)
rspec-expectations (2.10.0)
rspec-mocks (2.10.1)
rubygems-update (1.8.24)
rubyzip (0.9.9)
selenium-webdriver (2.24.0)
titleize (1.2.1)
watir-webdriver (0.6.1)
Any idea whats going on...

Answer 1

What version of Ruby are you running mate? If you're running 1.8 you need to add "require 'rubygems'" before your "require 'mysql'. If not then try requiring the gem in a non-explicit way. Something like this:
require_relative "rubygems"
require_relative "mysql"
If you want to give it a quick test use this code below..:
require "rubygems"
require "mysql"
begin
# connect to the MySQL server
db = Mysql.real_connect("localhost", "username", "password")
# get server version string and display it
puts "Server version: " + db.get_server_info
rescue Mysql::Error => e
puts "Error code: #{e.errno}"
puts "Error message: #{e.error}"
puts "Error SQLSTATE: #{e.sqlstate}" if e.respond_to?("sqlstate")
ensure
# disconnect from server
db.close if db
end
If all goes well you should see your mysql version..