I?m having trouble getting the native mysql bindings for windows/cygwin going. Could someone give me some tips on this? I tried the gem install and it failed? I read elsewhere that you have to compile all of mysql to use the gem install. That sounds like a horrible process, so I sought out the mysql.so file. I put mysql.rb in my rubylib. I tried putting the mysql.so in cygwin C:\cygwin\lib\ruby\1.8\i386-cygwin and in the windows directory. The performance I see is terrible, so I don?t think it took. Is there a command to see if the native mysql bindings are being used? Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated! phil http://boondoggle.wordpress.com -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.