Rails Question: Sqlite3 dll not found on windows (even in the old version 1.2.3)

Question

I followed the suggestion here: and the gem seemed to install correctly, but when I ran rake: db: migrate from the Windows command line, I got the full one by saying:

"This application failed to start because sqlite3.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"

which is really strange, because usually (when I do not have sqlite3), I get a text error in accordance with other debugging operations on the command line.

I install sqlite3-ruby -v 1.2.3 (but it does the same with ANY version of sqlite3 that I am trying to install, now ... even the newest one (1.2.5, which has a bunch of "No definition" when trying to install it )))

Answer 1

Stupid question, but: did you install the sqlite stone, but did you already install the sqlite application?

A gem is how your rails program will talk to a real sqlite application. If you do not have this, then there is nothing to talk to. I assume that installing the sqlite application will install sqlite3.dll, and then everything will work again.