Error in 'Simply Rails 2' running migrate on p. 132

[burtherman]

Hi,

I'm looking for some help. I'm on page 132 and trying to run the rake db:migrate command but get an error reading:

(in /Users/burtherman/shovell)
rake aborted!
./db/migrate//20090308204748_create_stories.rb:3: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting kEND
create_table :stories :force => true do |t|
^
./db/migrate//20090308204748_create_stories.rb:4: syntax error, unexpected tSYMBEG, expecting kEND
t.string :name
^
./db/migrate//20090308204748_create_stories.rb:14: syntax error, unexpected kEND, expecting $end

Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks!

[Mittineague]

Hi burtherman, welcome to the forums,

I know error messages can be a bit cryptic, overwhelming, and confusing until you get used to them, but they point you to the problem.

The migration file in chapter 5 looks like

class CreateStories < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
    create_table :stories, :force => true do |t|
      t.string :name
      t.string :link
 
      t.timestamps
    end
  end
 
  def self.down
    drop_table :stories
  end
end

Notice the comma between :stories and :force

[burtherman]

Thanks, that indeed did the trick!