This works fine from my linux box, but no such luck from windows: C:\code\dwemthys> C:\code\dwemthys>gem install ActiveRecord Successfully installed activerecord-2.0.2 Installing ri documentation for activerecord-2.0.2... Installing RDoc documentation for activerecord-2.0.2... C:\code\dwemthys> C:\code\dwemthys> C:\code\dwemthys> C:\code\dwemthys> C:\code\dwemthys>ruby db_crud_create.rb db_crud_create.rb:2:in `require': no such file to load -- active_record (LoadErr or) from db_crud_create.rb:2 C:\code\dwemthys> C:\code\dwemthys>ver Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] C:\code\dwemthys> Could I do something from the console to figure out what's going on? thanks, Thufir