# Migration Error **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 26, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-error/146940 "2008-08-26T23:50:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mpls)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-error/146940/1 "2008-08-26T23:50:26Z")
When trying to migrate my db using rake I get the following error message: rake aborted! No migration with version number 3 I am using sqlite3 as my database server. Any help is much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mpls)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-error/146940/2 "2008-08-27T04:28:56Z")
mpls, If you are running rails prior to Rails version 2.0, it means that you do not have a file like: db/migrate/003\_… ---
**Author:** ![mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mpls)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-error/146940/3 "2008-08-27T05:29:07Z")
Thanks for the reply. I am using rails 2.0 and the migration file is prefixed with 20080827011222\_ When I run the following command: rake db:migrate I get the rake aborted! No migration with version number 3. but when I run: rake db: migrate version 0 the table is created. How do I make rake db:migrate work so I can have version beyond 0. Thanks > ---
**Author:** ![mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mpls)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-error/146940/4 "2008-08-27T06:35:53Z")
mpls wrote: > Thanks for the reply. I am using rails 2.0 and the migration file is > prefixed with 20080827011222\_ > When I run the following command: rake db:migrate > I get the rake aborted! No migration with version number 3. > but when I run: rake db: migrate version 0 > the table is created. How do I make rake db:migrate work so I can have > version beyond 0. > Thanks > > > when u create db through migration there is table name schema\_info when u go threw different migration it track migration ! for further reading [http://wiki.rubyonrails.com](http://wiki.rubyonrails.com) ---
**Author:** ![mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mpls)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-error/146940/5 "2008-08-27T20:23:04Z")
Why does rake db:migrate fail On Aug 26, 9:35 pm, Dharmdip R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mpls)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-error/146940/6 "2008-08-27T20:47:08Z")
Here is my full trace of the rake db:migrate: \*\* Invoke db:migrate (first\_time) \*\* Invoke environment (first\_time) \*\* Execute environment \*\* Execute db:migrate rake aborted! No migration with version number 3 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/lib/active\_record/ migration.rb :410:in `migrate' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/lib/active_record/ migration.rb :361:in`down’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/lib/active\_record/ migration.rb :341:in `migrate' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.1.0/lib/tasks/databases.rake:99 c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:546:in`call’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:546:in `execute' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:541:in`each’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:541:in `execute' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:508:in`invoke\_with\_call\_c hain’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:501:in `synchronize' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:501:in`invoke\_with\_call\_c hain’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:494:in `invoke' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1931:in`invoke\_task’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1909:in `top_level' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1909:in`each’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1909:in `top_level' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1948:in`standard\_exceptio n\_handling’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1903:in `top_level' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1881:in`run’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1948:in `standard_exceptio n_handling' c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/lib/rake.rb:1878:in`run’ c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.1/bin/rake:31 c:/ruby/bin/rake:19:in `load’ c:/ruby/bin/rake:19 Also why is the version number 3 when this is the first time I ran rake db:migrate. ---
**Author:** ![mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mpls)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-error/146940/7 "2008-08-27T22:03:59Z")
mpls: any rake db:migrate related output in development.log ? ---
**Author:** ![mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mpls)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-error/146940/8 "2008-08-28T02:27:57Z")
Here is the log related to rake db:migrate: [4;36;1mSQL (0.000000)[0m [0;1mSET NAMES ‘utf8’[0m [4;35;1mSQL (0.000000)[0m [0mSET SQL\_AUTO\_IS\_NULL=0[0m [4;36;1mSQL (0.000000)[0m [0;1mSELECT version FROM schema\_migrations[0m [4;35;1mSQL (0.000000)[0m [0mSHOW TABLES[0m [4;36;1mSQL (0.000000)[0m [0;1mSELECT version FROM schema\_migrations[0m ---
**Author:** ![mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mpls](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mpls)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/migration-error/146940/9 "2008-08-28T06:53:53Z")
mpls wrote: > Why does rake db:migrate fail > > On Aug 26, 9:35�pm, Dharmdip R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) check syntax , check database is exists or not ? or check syntax in migration file ! and last r u able to connect db ?