Since I am that much of a beginner and not familiar with the rake command (notwithstanding your instructions) I removded the database names from the database.yml file and that appears to have resolved the issue for now. I suspect I may encounter another issue when the/a database is created (?).
I am sure I followed the tutorial step by step, and there was no mention of creating a database yet. Of course in the tutorial everything works as expected. I am curious why mine didn't. Rails created the project and files, assumed the database name, but there was no database. Any light you can shed on this would be appreciated. At least I can move forward now. Thank you! I imagine I will be utilizing this group frequently as I forge ahead. On Jun 14, 5:36 am, GFP <[email protected]> wrote: > Since I am that much of a newb and unfamiliar with the 'rake' command > (notwithstanding your instructions) I removed the db names from > 'database.yml' and that solved the issue - for now. > > I suspect I may encounter another issue when I get to the part in the > tutorial when the database *is* created? > > I don't understand why then in the tutorial there was not a problem. I > am sure I did not miss the/a part where the db was created. I did > follow the instructions for creating a password for MySQL user > 'root' (newb to MySQL, and programming in general as well!). If you > could shed any light on that it would be appreciated. > > But now I can forge ahead! Thank you!! > > I imagine I will be utilizing this board pretty frequently as I move > forward. > > On Jun 14, 4:10 am, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 athttp://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 > > > athttp://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.
