On 14 June 2010 01:17, GFP <[email protected]> wrote: > I am an RoR newb, so bear with me here. I am on an Intel based Mac > running OS X 10.4.11 > > I have started the 'RoR Essentials' tutorial on lynda.com. I have > installed (I believe) all the necessary components: > > ruby 1.8.7 (2008-05-31 patchlevel 0) [i686-darwin8.11.1] > Rails 2.3.8 > gem version 1.3.5 > mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.1.47, for apple-darwin8.11.1 (i386) using > readline 5.1 > WEBrick 1.3.1 > > Following the tutorial: > >> Created project 'my_app' > $ rails -d mysql my_app > (It is my understanding I need to define MySQL as the database as > MySQLite is Rails the default) >> Start the server. >> Access the RoR home page at http://localhost:3000/. > This page displays as expected but... >> When I select 'About your application's environment' I get the error > > "We're sorry, but something went wrong. > We've been notified about this issue and we'll take a look at it > shortly." > > > At this point in the development log I see: > > /!\ FAILSAFE /!\ Sun Jun 13 19:22:05 -0400 2010 > Status: 500 Internal Server Error > Unknown database 'my_app_development'... > > I ignore this error and go ahead and create the ('say') controller > (say_controller.rb) per the tutorial:
Generally (but not always) error messages are useful and are best not ignored :) The error is complaining that the database does not exist. I guess that in config/database.yml you have specified my_app_development as the database. The app tries to open this and is failing. Create the db and that error should disappear. rake db:create should do it (provided you have set user and password in database.yml correctly). Colin > > $ script/generate controller Say > > and add the 'hello' method > > Attempting then to access: > > http://localhost:3000/say/hello > > generates the same "We're sorry, but something went wrong." error is > returned. > I am supposed to get a 'Template is missing' error. > > Added to the development log now includes: > > /!\ FAILSAFE /!\ Sun Jun 13 19:33:38 -0400 2010 > Status: 500 Internal Server Error > Unknown database 'my_app_development' > > > I have seen a suggestion to revert to MySQL 5.0 but I cannot find > where to download it to even try. > > Thank you in advance for your support. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
