# Error in instant rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-instant-rails/145935>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 15, 2008, 8:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-instant-rails/145935 "2008-08-15T08:19:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![anandg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@anandg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anandg)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 8:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-instant-rails/145935/1 "2008-08-15T08:19:48Z")

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I am using instant rails 2.0,while generating a model using command line  
,i am getting the following error…Please help me out ::

C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load': syntax error on line 24, col 0 :` databse:railslist\_development’ (ArgumentError)  
from C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load' from C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/initializer.rb :506:in`database\_configuration’  
from  
C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/initializer.rb  
:233:in `initialize_database' from C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/initializer.rb :94:in`process’  
from  
C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/initializer.rb  
:49:in `send' from C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/initializer.rb :49:in`run’  
from C:/rails/rails\_apps/railslist/config/environment.rb:13  
from  
C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:  
in `gem_original_require' from C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27: in`require’  
from  
C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/gener  
ate.rb:1  
from  
C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:  
in `gem_original_require' from C:/rails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27: in`require’  
from script/generate:3

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**Author:** ![anandg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@anandg](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anandg)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-instant-rails/145935/2 "2008-08-15T10:41:54Z")

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On Aug 15, 7:19 am, Anand G. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> I am using instant rails 2.0,while generating a model using command line  
> ,i am getting the following error…Please help me out ::

Looks like a syntax error in your database.yml.

Fred