Strange database connection behaviour under Linux

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Hi rishi
I have found your message in the revolution list.
I have the same problem:
have you solved it?
thanks in advance
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> Da: Rishi Viner <rishi at puredata.com.au>
> Organizzazione: VinerTech
> Risposta: <rishi at puredata.com.au>, How to use Revolution
> <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Data: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:26:12 +1000
> A: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
> Oggetto: Strange database connection behaviour under Linux
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Hoping for some help with this. I'm using Dreamcard 2.5.1 to put data into a
> MySQL database. I have developed the application on my laptop running SuSE
> 9.1 Pro and it works great. I can connect to MySQL databases on my local
> machine and on various remote servers on our network. The problem comes when
> I try to use this stack on any other machines. I have tried running my stack
> using the Dreamcard Player on one machine running RedHat 9 and another
> running SuSE 9.1 Pro with no luck. I get errors like:
> 
> "There was an error in connecting to the database. Please check that the
> connection fields are correct. Revdb error: revdberr, invalid database type"
> 
> I have double checked the connection information and it is good. I have also
> double checked that my database user has permissions to connect from the
> various hosts I am connecting from. I have the same problem whether I use the
> "Database Query Builder" or do it manually in a script.
> 
> In frustration and thinking that it may be a Player issue, I have installed
> the Dreamcard IDE on the RedHat machine, but get exactly the same problem.
> 
> It looks like Rev can't find or use the database drivers on the other
> machines, yet they seem to be in the right location (comparing with my
> original development machine).
> 
> I have little (no) experience with preparing stacks to run on other machines
> from the development machine. Any ideas / suggestions as to what might be
> causing this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Rishi Viner
> PUREDATA
> 
> Australia