# IronRuby + ActiveRecord + MySql

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-activerecord-mysql/179837>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [December 5, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-activerecord-mysql/179837 "2009-12-05T00:42:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![f1r3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@f1r3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/f1r3)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-activerecord-mysql/179837/1 "2009-12-05T00:42:48Z")

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Is there a MySql adapter available?

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**Author:** ![f1r3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@f1r3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/f1r3)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-activerecord-mysql/179837/2 "2009-12-05T02:57:15Z")

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There is an [ADO.NET](http://ADO.NET) driver for MySQL here:  
[http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.1.html](http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/net/6.1.html), which should work  
with this activerecord adapter:  
[GitHub - jschementi/activerecord-mssql-adapter: ActiveRecord SQL Server Adapter](http://github.com/jschementi/activerecord-mssql-adapter). However, I  
haven’t tested it so I’m not sure what snags you’ll run into. Has anyone  
else tried this out?

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**Author:** ![f1r3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@f1r3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/f1r3)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 9:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-activerecord-mysql/179837/3 "2009-12-05T09:02:26Z")

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## That won’t work… they handle transactions differently, get schema info differently…

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On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Jimmy S. \<

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**Author:** ![f1r3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@f1r3](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/f1r3)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ironruby-activerecord-mysql/179837/4 "2009-12-05T10:16:06Z")

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Modified the MSSql adapter to work with MySql. Hacked it up quickly but  
seems to work, feedback appreciated. Have to change require\_mysqliron to  
load MySql.Data.DLL