# Mysql loding error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-loding-error/168913>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [May 27, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-loding-error/168913 "2009-05-27T11:04:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![sushrut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@sushrut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sushrut)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-loding-error/168913/1 "2009-05-27T11:04:42Z")

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C:\Program Files\NetBeans 6.5.1\gca\>gem install mysql  
Successfully installed mysql-2.7.3-x86-mswin32  
1 gem installed  
Installing ri documentation for mysql-2.7.3-x86-mswin32…  
Installing RDoc documentation for mysql-2.7.3-x86-mswin32…  
ERROR: While generating documentation for mysql-2.7.3-x86-mswin32  
… MESSAGE: Unhandled special: Special: type=17, text=""  
… RDOC args: --op  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/doc/mysql-2.7.3-x86-mswin32/rdoc -  
-exclude ext --main README --quiet ext README docs/README.html --title  
mysql-2.7  
.3-x86-mswin32 Documentation  
(continuing with the rest of the installation)

What to do???  
in browser it gives the error :  
126: The specified module could not be found. -  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7.3-x86-mswin32/ext/mysql.so

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**Author:** ![sushrut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@sushrut](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/sushrut)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/mysql-loding-error/168913/2 "2009-05-28T00:48:51Z")

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> What to do???  
> in browser it gives the error :  
> 126: The specified module could not be found. -  
> c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mysql-2.7.3-x86-mswin32/ext/mysql.so

check your error logs. Also it might mean mysql wasn’t installed on  
your comp.  
-=r
