Rake db:create not doing anything (using mysql2 0..2.7)

I've been trying for a good while to get Rails to talk to MySQL. I was able to install the 'mysql2' gem (v0.2.7), create a new rails app defaulting to MySQL:

rails new mytest -d mysql

and bundle install everything.

However, when I 开发者_运维技巧run rake db:create, it simply hangs, no errors, no anything. Running rake db:create --trace hangs at '** Execute db:create'.

My database.yml configuration:

development:
  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  reconnect: false
  database: mytest_development
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password: passwordforrootuser
  host: localhost

Using:

• Windows 7 (64-bit)
• MySQL 5.5 Server (32-bit)
• Ruby 1.9.2

Really at my wit's end. Help???

Might be worth a try, if you include:

  socket: /tmp/mysql.sock

My setup, normally looks like:

  adapter: mysql2
  encoding: utf8
  reconnect: false
  database: foobar_development
  pool: 5
  username: root
  password: ***************
  socket: /tmp/mysql.sock