How did you create the contacts table? Do you have the mysql gem installed? What is the response when, in your app directory, you type: "script/ about"?
On Sep 18, 5:04 pm, Artful <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm new to RoR so please forgive this trivial question. I'm working > through Timothy Fisher's Ruby on Rails Bible, I have the components up > and running. I have created the contactlist database and within it the > contacts table. I then follow the instructions on page 81: > > ruby script/console > my_contact = Contact.new > > It's supposed to respond with a message describing the attributes of > the Contact class, but instead it tells me that it cannot find the > contacts_development database. It is there, as shown by the mysql > console app. What am I doing wrong? Should I have created the database > in some particular directory rather than just leave it to mySQL to > figure out where to place it? > > Thanks in advance, > Arthur --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
