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uninitialized constant MysqlCompat::MysqlRes (NameError)

Thomas Eisenbarth
November 14, 2012Software engineer at makandra GmbH
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If you get a stacktrace complaining about uninitialized constant MysqlCompat::MysqlRes a system library update might broke your gem.

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You might have switched from MySQL to MariaDB, but forgot to rebuild your MySQL gems.

Try fully removing and re-installing the gem:

gem uninstall mysql mysql2
bundle install
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Posted by Thomas Eisenbarth to makandra dev (2012-11-14 18:23)
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