# Error in the tutorial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [May 18, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-the-tutorial/104486 "2007-05-18T16:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Luis_Carraud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 4:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-the-tutorial/104486/1 "2007-05-18T16:48:32Z")
Hello everyone!!! I’m new to Rails… I’m trying to follow the first tutorial steps, but I came across this error: D:\InstantRails\rails\_apps\cookbook2\>ruby script\generate scaffold recipe recipe ``` exists app/controllers/ exists app/helpers/ exists app/views/recipe exists app/views/layouts/ exists test/functional/ ``` dependency model exists app/models/ exists test/unit/ exists test/fixtures/ identical app/models/recipe.rb identical test/unit/recipe\_test.rb identical test/fixtures/recipes.yml error Before updating scaffolding from new DB schema, try creating a tab le for your model (Recipe) Any ideas? Thanks in advance! Luis ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Luis_Carraud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-the-tutorial/104486/2 "2007-05-18T17:20:47Z")
Luis Carraud wrote: > ``` > exists app/controllers/ > exists app/helpers/ > exists app/views/recipe > exists app/views/layouts/ > exists test/functional/ > > ``` > > dependency model > exists app/models/ > exists test/unit/ > exists test/fixtures/ > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance! > Luis it seems you’d generated model Recipe before you tried to generate a scaffold. You can try to destroy the model with: ruby script/destroy model Recipe ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Luis_Carraud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-the-tutorial/104486/3 "2007-05-18T17:39:41Z")
Dear Nanyang Thank you very much for your help 🙂 However, it’s no use: I destroyed both models (category and recipe), and tried to follow the tutorial, but i get the same error ☹ The tutorial I’m following is: > **[Radar - O’Reilly](https://www.oreilly.com/radar/)** > > Now, next, and beyond: Tracking need-to-know trends at the intersection of business and technology > **[Radar - O’Reilly](https://www.oreilly.com/radar/)** > > Now, next, and beyond: Tracking need-to-know trends at the intersection of business and technology Regards, Luis On 5/18/07, Nanyang Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > ``` > > exists app/models/ > > > > ``` > > You can try to destroy the model with: ruby script/destroy model Recipe > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > – Luis Carraud ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Luis_Carraud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-the-tutorial/104486/4 "2007-05-18T17:48:00Z")
Luis Carraud wrote: > However, it’s no use: I destroyed both models (category and recipe), and > tried to follow the tutorial, but i get the same error ☹ > … > something may have been messed up. > maybe it’s time to start a new project and try this scaffold magic. ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Luis_Carraud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-the-tutorial/104486/5 "2007-05-18T18:08:46Z")
Hi Luis, Luis Carraud wrote: > I’m new to Rails… I’m trying to follow the first tutorial steps, > but I came across this error: > Before updating scaffolding from new DB schema, try > creating a table for your model (Recipe) Rails is telling you that it can’t find your Recipes table. Make sure you do, in fact have one and that it’s named Recipes. It needs to be plural. Rails is also telling you that you’ve already got a recipe.rb model. You need to delete that file. The only other time I remember a reader having this problem, he’d forgotten to save his create.sql script. When he ran the script it didn’t complain but, in fact, no table had been created. hth, Bill ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Luis_Carraud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-the-tutorial/104486/6 "2007-05-18T18:00:44Z")
Oh… Good idea… now… how do I delete cookbook2 project? Just delete the directory? Or is there a command line option to delete/destroy it? Thanks, On 5/18/07, Nanyang Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > – Luis Carraud ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Luis_Carraud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-the-tutorial/104486/7 "2007-05-18T18:29:05Z")
Luis Carraud wrote: > Oh… Good idea… now… how do I delete cookbook2 project? Just delete > the > directory? Or is there a command line option to delete/destroy it? You can delete the directory. And note what Bill said, you may need to check the tutorial again, or google another scaffolding article, which is easier to follow for you. ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Luis_Carraud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-the-tutorial/104486/8 "2007-05-18T19:29:56Z")
Ok. Thanks. I’ll try that… The tutorial is pretty simple, don’t worry… Regards, On 5/18/07, Nanyang Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > google another scaffolding article, which is easier to follow for you. > > – > Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). > > > – Luis Carraud ---
**Author:** ![Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Luis\_Carraud](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Luis_Carraud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/error-in-the-tutorial/104486/9 "2007-05-18T19:29:56Z")
Bill Thank you very much for your help. The recipes and categories tables are created (I know about MySQL believe me). And I saved the create.sql script. I’ll try beginning the tutorial all over again and let you know… Regards, On 5/18/07, Bill W. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > – Luis Carraud