# \[NEW TO RoR\] - Error on Rake DB:Create **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 28, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ror-error-on-rake-db-create/182465 "2010-01-28T15:10:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nelson\_AndrSSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Nelson\_AndrSSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nelson_AndrSSSS)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ror-error-on-rake-db-create/182465/1 "2010-01-28T15:10:56Z")
Hello there, this is my first post and I’m new to Ruby on Rails. I’m getting the following error when I do “rake db:create” : (in /home/nelson/rubyapps/blog) rake aborted! syntax error on line 24, col 1: ` socket : /var/run/mysqld/ mysqld.sock’ Now the background: I installed Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 in a Sun VirtualBox virtual machine running in a Windows XP host Following Ubuntu installation I followed this guide : [http://www.hackido.com/2009/11/install-ruby-on-rails-on-ubuntu-karmic.html](http://www.hackido.com/2009/11/install-ruby-on-rails-on-ubuntu-karmic.html) until STEP 6 , included, to have RoR installed on the Ubuntu box In step 1 I set my locale to pt-PT (I’m from Portugal) using sudo locale-gen pt\_PT.UTF-8 and sudo /usr/sbin/update-locale LANG=pt\_PT.UTF-8 Next I followed this guide: > **[Getting Started with Rails — Ruby on Rails Guides](https://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html)** > > Getting Started with RailsThis guide covers getting up and running with Ruby on Rails.After reading this guide, you will know: How to install Rails, create a new Rails application, and connect your application to a database. The general layout of a... to have RoR installed to a mysql database When I get to step 3.4 Creating the Database I get the error displayed above. Note : I have a password defined in the database.yml file for the DEVELOPMENT area, that reads as : development: adapter : mysql enconding : utf8 reconnect : false database : blog\_development pool : 5 username : root password : \ socket : /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock The only thing I changed in this file was the password. Any clue on why I get this error? Thanks in advance, Nelson ---
**Author:** ![Nelson\_AndrSSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Nelson\_AndrSSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nelson_AndrSSSS)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ror-error-on-rake-db-create/182465/2 "2010-01-28T15:27:20Z")
once remove the line socket : /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock i am not sure but it may works… On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:20 PM, Nelson André [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)wrote: > to have RoR installed to a mysql database > reconnect : false > Thanks in advance, > “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. > To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > . > For more options, visit this group at > [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). – Regards: Rajeev sharma +919813270707 ---
**Author:** ![Nelson\_AndrSSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Nelson\_AndrSSSS](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Nelson_AndrSSSS)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/new-to-ror-error-on-rake-db-create/182465/3 "2010-01-30T22:20:08Z")
On Jan 28, 8:50 am, Nelson André [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I can recreate this in irb: require ‘YAML’; YAML.load(‘foo: bar’) #=\> { ‘foo’ =\> ‘bar’ } YAML.load(" foo: bar\n\tbaz: woot") # =\> ArgumentError: syntax error on line 1, col 0: ` baz: woot’ It’s caused by mixing tabs and spaces in a YAML file, which is forbidden. –Matt J.