its looking sqlite3 database which is not installed on your mac. get the binary for mac from here http://www.sqlite.org/download.html
install it and then run sudo gem install sqlite3-ruby and you should be ok to go. Otherwise if you want to use mysql then change your database.yml file in the config directory like so (and remove all config options for sqlite3) development: adapter: mysql database: db_name username: root password: host: localhost encoding: utf8 do this for test and production as well On Oct 29, 6:58 am, Daniel Bush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Park wrote: > > Hi All, > > > I just installed Ruby on Rails on my MacBook Pro and tried to create the > > Hello World app that is documented in the Agile Development with Rails > > book. I followed all the instructions for creating the Hello World app > > but get the following error when I try to load > >http://localhost:3000/say/hello > > > MissingSourceFile in SayController#index > > > no such file to load -- sqlite3 > > If you want to use mysql, then set up your rails project like this: > % rails --database=mysql <name> > If you leave out the database option, rails will assume you want > sqlite3. > (I think mysql used to be the default some time ago). > > You can alter the database and connection settings in config/ > database.yaml. > > -- > Daniel Bush --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

