# Rails under windows and mysql make webrick unstable **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 1, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-under-windows-and-mysql-make-webrick-unstable/51502 "2006-01-01T23:08:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Borja\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Borja\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Borja_SSiso-8859-1)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-under-windows-and-mysql-make-webrick-unstable/51502/1 "2006-01-01T23:08:02Z")
hi, I have installed ruby and rails under windows(exactly this one: [http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/4174/ruby182-15.exe](http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/4174/ruby182-15.exe) that includes rubygems) the thing is that while trying to install the mysql gem, it seemd to try to build the native extension, so I finally added a compiled version that I found in [http://dema.ruby.com.br/](http://dema.ruby.com.br/) the problem is that webrick behaves quite unstable while querying to the database and makes it to close too often. is anyone suffering this too? any recomendation? thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![Borja\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Borja\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Borja_SSiso-8859-1)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-under-windows-and-mysql-make-webrick-unstable/51502/2 "2006-01-02T02:09:53Z")
I will answer myself. finally I installed cygwin on my machine and compiled ruby and installed rubygems and rails and now everything seems to run fine 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Borja\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Borja\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Borja_SSiso-8859-1)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-under-windows-and-mysql-make-webrick-unstable/51502/3 "2006-01-03T18:59:13Z")
What’s wrong with Instant Rails? It comes with all the stuff you need out of the box and is as easy to get up and running unzip it to your drive and develop. I use it and it’s simply a dream come true. No installing, no path munging, nothing, unzip and develop. [http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl](http://instantrails.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl) ---
**Author:** ![Borja\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Borja\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Borja_SSiso-8859-1)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-under-windows-and-mysql-make-webrick-unstable/51502/4 "2006-01-03T19:00:29Z")
Frank H. wrote: What’s wrong with Instant Rails? It comes with all the stuff you need out of the box and is as easy to get up and running unzip it to your drive and develop. I use it and it’s simply a dream come true. No installing, no path munging, nothing, unzip and develop. [BW] I wish this were true. I’ve spent the last two days trying unsuccessfully to get a standard installation working on a Win2K box. On advice, I gave that up this morning and downloaded and unzipped InstantRails and made the changes to the Apache config file per the FAQ. Three hours later I still can’t get IR to launch. Still trying. Bill On 1/1/06, Borja Martín [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > version that I found in [http://dema.ruby.com.br/](http://dema.ruby.com.br/) > > the problem is that webrick behaves quite unstable while querying to > > the database and makes it to close too often. is anyone suffering this > > too? > > any recomendation? > > > > thanks in advance > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) * * * Rails mailing list removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) ---
**Author:** ![Borja\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Borja\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Borja_SSiso-8859-1)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-under-windows-and-mysql-make-webrick-unstable/51502/5 "2006-01-03T21:40:28Z")
I really don’t know what’s going on with your machine. Out of the 14,000 downloads of Instant Rails, you are the second person I am aware of who has had this problem. Of course, I realize that won’t make you feel any better. Anyway, I just posted some things to try on the thread you started on the Instant rails mailing list. Also, I’m wondering if you have a second machine you could try it on – just for comparison purposes? Curt