Using DBI and MySQL gems

Quick question:

I thought using rubygems that to use the dbi and mysql to access a MySQL
database from Ruby I would only have to do the following:

gem 'mysql'
gem 'dbi'

and then I could do whatever, eg:

dbh = DBI.connect('DBI:Mysql:money', 'mysqluser', 'pass3')

HOWEVER, what I have to do is:

gem 'mysql'
gem 'dbi'
require 'dbi'

and THEN the DBI.connect syntax works.... does this indicate some
problem with my rubygems (or dbi) installation?

$ gem env
RubyGems Environment:
  - VERSION: 0.9.4 (0.9.4)
  - INSTALLATION DIRECTORY: c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - GEM PATH:
     - c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
  - REMOTE SOURCES:
     - http://gems.rubyforge.org

TIA for any help
~Owein
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