# NEWBIE - server error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-server-error/72896>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 19, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-server-error/72896 "2006-10-19T18:19:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![analyst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@analyst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/analyst)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-server-error/72896/1 "2006-10-19T18:19:02Z")

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when i launch the server , here is what i get :

C:\Documents and Settings\FRED\> cd\rails\cookbook

C:\rails\cookbook\> ruby script\server

=\> Booting WEBrick…  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load': syntax error on line 1, col 9:`  
adapter: mysql’ (ArgumentError)  
from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in `load' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/initializer.rb:459:i n`database\_configuration’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/initializer.rb:181:i  
n `initialize_database' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/initializer.rb:84:in`process’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/initializer.rb:42:in  
`run' from ./script/../config/../config/environment.rb:13 from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`re  
quire’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active\_suppo  
rt/dependencies.rb:147:in `require' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/commands/servers/web rick.rb:52 from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`re  
quire’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active\_suppo  
rt/dependencies.rb:147:in `require' from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/commands/server.rb:3 0 from c:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`re  
quire’  
from  
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active\_suppo  
rt/dependencies.rb:147:in `require’  
from script/server:3

can you please help

C:\rails\cookbook\>

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**Author:** ![analyst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@analyst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/analyst)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-server-error/72896/2 "2006-10-19T18:35:24Z")

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its worth checking you’re YAML file for any Tabs - I think they don’t  
like them IIRC

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**Author:** ![analyst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@analyst](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/analyst)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2006, 8:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/newbie-server-error/72896/3 "2006-10-19T20:21:44Z")

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that helped solved the problem …

thanks…