(Still not seeing the world through ruby-tinted glasses.)

Argh. Killed another few hours on the below problem with no progress. Or rather, maybe a miniscule bit of progress. It seems that after I start the WEBrick server, the very first page load sees the database, but no additional hits do. I can connect to the “new” function in my test controller and see a “create” button there along with fields it’s pulled out of the database. However on refreshing the page or selecting anything, the same old error (mysql.o can’t be found) comes back, and persists until I restart the server. After poring over page after web-page of Q&A issues/solutions with RoR’s MySQL connectivity, reinstalling MySQL and trying 15 other things, I’m going to say that… I’m sure with enough effort I could track down a solution, but for the time being I’m laying this to rest. My next step might be to bite the bullet and just download Instant Rails and see if I can pull pieces out of that, but I get the sense after reading all those pages that parts of this framework are a bit immature, like that database connector. The programming model at least sounds solid.