Problem using generate/scaffold and FireRuby

Hi to all,

I am trying to use “ruby script/generate scaffold product”. I always get
the message “uninitialized constant CHARACTER_SET”. I have a products
table in a Firebird database called depot_development.fdb. Here is my
config file :

common: &common
adapter: firebird
host: localhost
username: SYSDBA
password: masterkey
charset: WIN1252

development:
database: depot_development
<<: *common

production:
database: depot_production
<<: *common

test:
database: depot_test
<<: *common

and my firebird’s aliases.conf

depot_development = C:\Sistemas\Ruby\db\depot_development.fdb
depot_production = C:\Sistemas\Ruby\db\depot_production.fdb
depot_test = C:\Sistemas\Ruby\db\depot_test.fdb

Running on WinXP SP2, Firebird 1.5.3, FireRuby 0.4.1, here are the
details of the script:

ruby script/generate scaffold product admin -t

  exists  app/controllers/
  exists  app/helpers/
  create  app/views/admin
  create  test/functional/

dependency model
create app/models/
create test/unit/
create test/fixtures/
create app/models/product.rb
create test/unit/product_test.rb
create test/fixtures/products.yml
uninitialized constant CHARACTER_SET

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/
depend
encies.rb:123:in `const_missing’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/
depend encies.rb:131:in `const_missing_before_generators’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/lookup.rb:13:
in `const_missing’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/
depend encies.rb:133:in `const_missing_before_generators’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/lookup.rb:13:
in `const_missing’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/c
onnect ion_adapters/firebird_adapter.rb:33:in `firebird_connection’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/c
onnect ion_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:251:in
`connection_without_query_cache=’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/q
uery_c
ache.rb:54:in `connection=’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/c
onnect ion_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:220:in
`retrieve_connection’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/c
onnect ion_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:78:in
`connection’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/b
ase.rb
:696:in `columns’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/b
ase.rb :1969:in `attributes_from_column_definition’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/b
ase.rb :1351:in `initialize_without_callbacks’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/c
allbac
ks.rb:236:in `initialize’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/generat
ors/co mponents/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb:182:in `model_instance’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/generat
ors/co mponents/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb:164:in `create_sandbox’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/generat
ors/co mponents/scaffold/scaffold_generator.rb:85:in `manifest’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/command
s.rb:1
06:in `render_template_part’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/command
s.rb:2
84:in `complex_template’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/manifes
t.rb:4
7:in `send_actions’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/manifes
t.rb:4
6:in `send_actions’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/manifes
t.rb:3
1:in `replay’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/command
s.rb:4
1:in `invoke!’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/rails_generator/scripts
/…/sc
ripts.rb:31:in run' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/commands/generate.rb:6 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:inrequire’

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/
depend
encies.rb:147:in `require’
./script/generate:3
-e:3

I’ve read a thread before i this forum and the solution was to upgrade
firebird 1.5.2 to 1.5.3 when I found this I’ve checked my FB version and
realized I have 1.5.2 so I’ve upgraded to 1.5.3 without any changes, I
also tried to use the physical path to the database instead of the alias
in the config file, without success, I’m completely new to ruby, so I
don’t know what else to do, I can succesfully run the
C:\ruby\lib\ruby\gems\1.8\gems\fireruby-0.4.1-mswin32\examples\example01.rb,
but I can’t go anywhere with “script/generate scaffold”.

Any hints ?

Thanks in advance
Mocte