# Site still works without mysql gem installed

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/site-still-works-without-mysql-gem-installed/121696>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 30, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/site-still-works-without-mysql-gem-installed/121696 "2007-11-30T00:16:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![mr\_tibs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@mr\_tibs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mr_tibs)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/site-still-works-without-mysql-gem-installed/121696/1 "2007-11-30T00:16:31Z")

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Hi,

Like many people out there who work with Apache and Mongrel cluster, I  
had the problem where the Mogrel servers die after a period of  
inactivity.

I found out this is due to problem with the mysql gem, thus I  
uninstalled the mysql gem. The strange thing is that the website is  
still working without the mysql gem. How can that be?! (I did not freeze  
the gems)

Btw, that seems to have fixed the problem.

Thanks,  
Tiberiu

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**Author:** ![mr\_tibs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@mr\_tibs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mr_tibs)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/site-still-works-without-mysql-gem-installed/121696/2 "2007-11-30T01:21:08Z")

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> Like many people out there who work with Apache and Mongrel cluster, I  
> had the problem where the Mogrel servers die after a period of  
> inactivity.
> 
> I found out this is due to problem with the mysql gem, thus I  
> uninstalled the mysql gem. The strange thing is that the website is  
> still working without the mysql gem. How can that be?! (I did not freeze  
> the gems)

Rails bundles the pure ruby mysql library in case you don’t have the  
gem…

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**Author:** ![mr\_tibs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@mr\_tibs](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mr_tibs)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/site-still-works-without-mysql-gem-installed/121696/3 "2007-11-30T20:29:01Z")

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Thank you sir.