# Newbie Question to Get Rolling on Rails **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 20, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-to-get-rolling-on-rails/63929 "2006-06-20T19:01:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Justin\_JSLuciani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Justin\_JSLuciani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Justin_JSLuciani)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-to-get-rolling-on-rails/63929/1 "2006-06-20T19:01:30Z")
I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask such questions. If not, my apologies and please direct me where such questions are handled. I am new to RoR and have been following the tutorial in Agile Web Developement with Rails. I have successfully gotten RoR up and running on my Mac (OS X 10.4.6) and created a MySQL database. However, on page 57 of the tutorial, the command “script/generate scaffold Product Admin” is causing the following error: /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load': syntax error on line 27, col 2:` host: localhost’ (ArgumentError) from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/initializer.rb:459:in`database\_configuration’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/initializer.rb:181:in `initialize_database' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/initializer.rb:84:in`process’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/initializer.rb:42:in `run' from ./script/../config/../config/environment.rb:13 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in`require’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:147:in `require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/commands/generate.rb:1 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:21:in`require’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:147:in `require’ from script/generate:3 I’m not sure what this error means. If you have any suggestions as to what I could do to get rolling on rails I’d appreciate it. Regards ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_JSLuciani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Justin\_JSLuciani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Justin_JSLuciani)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-to-get-rolling-on-rails/63929/2 "2006-08-03T14:24:04Z")
On 6/19/06, Justin J. Luciani [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m not sure if this is the right place to ask such questions. If not, my > apologies and please direct me where such questions are handled. It is. > I am new to RoR and have been following the tutorial in Agile Web Developement > with Rails. I have successfully gotten RoR up and running on my Mac (OS X > 10.4.6) and created a MySQL database. However, on page 57 of the tutorial, the > command “script/generate scaffold Product Admin” is causing the following error: > > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load': syntax error on line 27, col 2: ` > host: localhost’ (ArgumentError) > from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load’ > from > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/initializer.rb:459:in Make sure that the whitespace in your YAML files are actually spaces and not tabs. – James ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_JSLuciani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Justin\_JSLuciani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Justin_JSLuciani)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-to-get-rolling-on-rails/63929/3 "2006-08-15T14:21:41Z")
James, Thanks so much for getting back to me. I have never edited that file so I couldn’t imagine there being any whitespace in it. I don’t understand the code in the yaml file and don’t want to erase anything important. Are you certain that the whitespace is the cause of this error? Thanks again, I do appreciate it. Regards, Justin Quoting James L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > the > Make sure that the whitespace in your YAML files are actually spaces > and not tabs. > > – James > > * * * > > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) * * * Justin J. Luciani President HL Productions (201) 981-6352 [www.healthylivingnyc.com](http://www.healthylivingnyc.com) ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_JSLuciani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Justin\_JSLuciani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Justin_JSLuciani)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2006, 9:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-to-get-rolling-on-rails/63929/4 "2006-08-18T09:59:19Z")
James L. wrote: > On 6/19/06, Justin J. Luciani [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > James, > > > > Thanks so much for getting back to me. I have never edited that file so I > > couldn’t imagine there being any whitespace in it. I don’t understand the code > > in the yaml file and don’t want to erase anything important. Are you certain > > that the whitespace is the cause of this error? > > Certain? No. But if you put a tab into database.yml when you set > your connection info, you’ll get that error. > > – James Bang on there. I had this problem in that I had: Password:MyDBpassword Instead of: Password: MyDBpassword ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_JSLuciani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecccb3/32.png) [@Justin\_JSLuciani](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Justin_JSLuciani)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-question-to-get-rolling-on-rails/63929/5 "2006-08-15T14:21:41Z")
On 6/19/06, Justin J. Luciani [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > James, > > Thanks so much for getting back to me. I have never edited that file so I > couldn’t imagine there being any whitespace in it. I don’t understand the code > in the yaml file and don’t want to erase anything important. Are you certain > that the whitespace is the cause of this error? Certain? No. But if you put a tab into database.yml when you set your connection info, you’ll get that error. – James