How to use db-mysql extension for NodeJS under Windows?

I'm using NodeJS under Windows (with node.exe downloaded from NodeJS site). I would like to use this db-mysql extension with it ( https://github.com/mariano/node-db-mysql/ )

I have no idea how to use it. Is it necessary to rebuild the whole node.exe or is it possible to build just the extension? I'm not ab开发者_运维百科le to run NPM with node.exe (it results in error) as the installation instructions says.

Thanks

Sorry but you will have to have a full tool-chain(Cygwin) that can compile c. That means you have three alternatives:

1. Use linux (in a VM) or mac
2. Install node from cygwin ( https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Building-node.js-on-Cygwin-(Windows) )
3. Use another database (eg. node-dirty: https://github.com/felixge/node-dirty) that doesn't need to be compiled.

You can't use NPM (Node Package Manager) with the Windows executable node.exe as for all I know.

Instead you should download the zip/tar module from https://github.com/mariano/node-db-mysql/downloads and place the contents into a *node_modules* folder above your script(s).

Example structure:

/nodestuff
  /node_modules
    /db-mysql // The module
  /script
    app.js // Your script

Then just follow the instructions on https://github.com/mariano/node-db-mysql/ in order to create a database connection. Good luck.