require 'rubygems' require 'mysql' db = Mysql.connect('localhost', 'root', '', 'mohit') //db.rb:4: undefined method `connect' for Mysql:Class (NoMethodError) //undefined method `real_connect' for Mysql:Class (NoMethodError) db.query("CREATE TABLE people ( id integer primary key, name varchar(50), age integer)") db.query("INSERT INTO people (name, age) VALUES('Chris', 25)") begin query = db.query('SELECT * FROM people') puts "There were #{query.num_rows} rows returned" query.each_hash do |h| puts h.inspect end rescue puts db.errno puts db.error end error i am geting is: undefined method `connect' for Mysql:Class (NoMethodError) OR undefined method `real_connect' for Mysql:Class (NoMethodError) EDIT return value of Mysql.methods ["private_class_method", "inspect", "name", "tap", "clone", "public_methods", "object_id", "__send__", "method_defined?", "instance_variable_defined?", "equal?", "freeze", "extend", "send", "const_defined?", "methods", "ancestors", "module_eval", "instance_method", "hash", "autoload?", "dup", "to_enum", "instance_methods", "public_method_defined?", "instance_variables", "class_variable_defined?", "eql?", "constants", "id", "instance_eval", "singleton_methods", "module_exec", "const_missing", "taint", "instance_variable_get", "frozen?", "enum_for", "private_method_defined?", "public_instance_methods", "display", "instance_of?", "superclass", "method", "to_a", "included_modules", "const_get", "instance_exec", "type", "<", "protected_methods", "<=>", "class_eval", "==", "class_variables", ">", "===", "instance_variable_set", "protected_instance_methods", "protected_method_defined?", "respond_to?", "kind_of?", ">=", "public_class_method", "to_s", "<=", "const_set", "allocate", "class", "new", "private_methods", "=~", "tainted?", "__id__", "class_exec", "autoload", "untaint", "nil?", "private_instance_methods", "include?", "is_a?"] return value of Mysql.methods(false) is []... blank array