# DBI:ODBC on Vista: "could not load driver"

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dbi-odbc-on-vista-could-not-load-driver/156064>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 19, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dbi-odbc-on-vista-could-not-load-driver/156064 "2008-12-19T23:14:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![gordonm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gordonm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gordonm)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dbi-odbc-on-vista-could-not-load-driver/156064/1 "2008-12-19T23:14:29Z")

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The following code, run from NetBeans IDE on Vista SP1 Home Edition:  
p require(‘dbi’)  
p require(‘odbc’)  
p DBI.available\_drivers  
dbh= DBI.connect(‘dbi:ODBC:cookbook’,‘root’)

Produces:  
true  
true  
[“dbi:Proxy:”, “dbi:ODBC:”]  
C:/users/gordon/Ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/dbi.rb:368:in `load_driver': Could not load driver (uninitialized constant DBI::TypeUtil) (DBI::InterfaceError) from C:/users/gordon/Ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/dbi.rb:233:in`\_get\_full\_driver’  
from C:/users/gordon/Ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/dbi.rb:219:in  
`connect’  
from  
C:/Users/Gordon/Documents/NetBeansProjects/BeansTest1/lib/main.rb:4

‘cookbook’ (from InstantRails, which is running)is a data source with a  
32-bit Mysql ODBC driver, v5.1, installed with the SysWOW data source  
installer.

Where do I go from here?

Thanks in advance for your kindness.

-g

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**Author:** ![gordonm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gordonm](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gordonm)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dbi-odbc-on-vista-could-not-load-driver/156064/2 "2008-12-22T09:48:47Z")

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I’d make sure the ruby odbc example scripts work [and maybe ditch odbc  
altogether what is that anyway?]