Comments on: Connect JRuby to MySQL using JDBC http://rubylearning.com/blog/2007/05/05/connect-jruby-to-mysql-using-jdbc/ Ruby helps programmers have more fun! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:19:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jesper http://rubylearning.com/blog/2007/05/05/connect-jruby-to-mysql-using-jdbc/comment-page-1/#comment-110900 Jesper Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:41:30 +0000 http://rubylearning.com/blog/2007/05/05/connect-jruby-to-mysql-using-jdbc/#comment-110900 I tried this with Oracle instead of MySQL, and this does not work: JavaLang::Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance I found a post somewhere where Charles Nutter (mr. JRuby himself) explained that Class.forName() doesn't work because of some classloader issues. This does work instead of the line above: import 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver' I tried this with Oracle instead of MySQL, and this does not work:

JavaLang::Class.forName(“com.mysql.jdbc.Driver”).newInstance

I found a post somewhere where Charles Nutter (mr. JRuby himself) explained that Class.forName() doesn’t work because of some classloader issues. This does work instead of the line above:

import ‘com.mysql.jdbc.Driver’

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