[Locomotive-users] general frustration

[Jay Craig]

Ray,

To get you started, create your database in MySql with something like

mysqladmin -u root create mydatabase_development

where mydatabase is whatever you will call your database. Then edit  
config/database.yml accordingly.

--Jay

On Jan 25, 2007, at 4:05 PM, ray palermo wrote:

> I have that book and it was frustrating because of the errata and  
> that I was confused by what Locomotive was supposed to be doing as  
> opposed to the instructions in the book which caused other errors  
> (like something about updating the DB schema). Additionally, I  
> tried using the tutuorial on the Apple site and that was a whole  
> different failure.I really appreciate the help I am getting and  
> apologize for asking such basic questions.
>
> I am trying to use MySQL for the database (if I ever get to that  
> point). I have it set up through Locomotive so that I can call it  
> from the command line.
>
>
> On Jan 25, 2007, at 4:54 PM, Lori M Olson wrote:
>
>> On 25-Jan-07, at 3:29 PM, ray palermo wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> How do I set that database up? I thought that was the purpose of  
>>> the migrate step? I revised line 29. That seemed to help. Is it  
>>> necessary to restart the application (using Mongrel) every time  
>>> you revise something? I made a whole new application and I am  
>>> still having the same problems (except for "line 29" - I also  
>>> changed "line 39" to be consistent or it that the wrong thing to  
>>> do?).
>>>
>>> Ray
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Migrate will "populate" your database with tables.  It will not  
>> create the database in which the tables are to be stored.  As for  
>> how you set it up... what database were you planning on using?
>>
>> I really have to recommend that you look into buying a book, like  
>> "Agile Web Development with Rails" or something like it.  All this  
>> kind of stuff is detailed for you, step by step, in books.
>>
>> http://pragprog.com
>>
>> Regards, Lori
>> _______________________________________________
>> Locomotive-users mailing list
>> Locomotive-users at lists.raaum.org
>> http://lists.raaum.org/mailman/listinfo/locomotive-users
>
> Ray Palermo
> 812.423.5680
> signorray at sbcglobal.net
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Locomotive-users mailing list
> Locomotive-users at lists.raaum.org
> http://lists.raaum.org/mailman/listinfo/locomotive-users

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://one.textdrive.com/pipermail/locomotive-users/attachments/20070125/33d0434f/attachment.htm