On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 6:07 PM, David Ekdahl <[email protected]> wrote:
> Peter Vandenabeele wrote in post #1042328: > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 5:40 PM, David Ekdahl <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> The log says: > >> Mysql::Error - Can't connect to MySQL server on 'remote.host.local' > >> (13): > >> > >> But why... When I run mysql -h remote.host.local -u user -p form the > >> server it works. > >> > > > > Could you run this on your database.yml file (from your Rails root) > > and check if it looks like you expect? Subtle space/tab errors may > > yield an invalid database.yml file. > > > > $ irb > > 1.9.3p0 :001 > require 'yaml'; > > YAML::load(File.open('config/database.yml')) > > => {"development"=>{"adapter"=>"postgresql", "encoding"=>"unicode", > > "pool"=>5, "username"=>"peterv", "password"=>nil, "min_messages"=>"log", > > > > HTH, > > > > Peter > > Hello Peter, thank's for your answer. > > Do you want me to just copy and paste the code inside my database.yml > file? > > What does it do? > $ irb 1.9.3p0 :001 > require 'yaml'; YAML::load(File.open('config/database.yml')) And check the output yourself (no need to copy, may contain passwords etc.). It parses the database.yml file (which is obviously a YAML file). If you have formatting problems in that file, it may be visible in the result. Peter -- 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.
