# Problem creating test database

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-creating-test-database/122403>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 7, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-creating-test-database/122403 "2007-12-07T10:40:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![jagan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@jagan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jagan)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-creating-test-database/122403/1 "2007-12-07T10:40:39Z")

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Hello All,

I am trying to create a test data base for my application and i used  
the rake task  
‘rake db:test:prepare --trace’ .I am getting the following error.it  
complains for test.rb file missing where in my application has the  
test.rb file

below is the trace of the log

(in D:/workspace\_dialedin/trunk)  
D:0:Warning: require\_gem is obsolete. Use gem instead.  
\*\* Invoke db:test:prepare (first\_time)  
\*\* Invoke environment (first\_time)  
\*\* Execute environment  
rake aborted!  
No such file or directory - D:/workspace\_dialedin/trunk/config/  
environments/‘test’.rb  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.4/lib/initializer.rb:209:in  
`read' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.4/lib/initializer.rb:209:in`load\_environment’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.3/lib/active\_support/  
core\_ext/kernel/reporting.rb:1  
1:in `silence_warnings' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.4/lib/initializer.rb:205:in`load\_environment’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.4/lib/initializer.rb:89:in  
`process' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.4/lib/initializer.rb:47:in`send’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.4/lib/initializer.rb:47:in  
`run' D:/workspace_dialedin/trunk/config/../config/environment.rb:21 C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`gem\_original\_require’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`require' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.3/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:495:in`requir  
e’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.3/lib/active\_support/  
dependencies.rb:342:in `new_co nstants_in' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.3/lib/active_support/ dependencies.rb:495:in`requir  
e’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.4/lib/tasks/misc.rake:3  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:392:in `call' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:392:in`execute’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:392:in `each' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:392:in`execute’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:362:in `invoke' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:355:in`synchronize’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:355:in `invoke' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:369:in`invoke\_prerequisites’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1003:in `each' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1003:in`send’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1003:in `each' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:368:in`invoke\_prerequisites’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:361:in `invoke' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:355:in`synchronize’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:355:in `invoke' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1739:in`top\_level’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1739:in `each' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1739:in`top\_level’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1761:in  
`standard_exception_handling' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1733:in`top\_level’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1711:in `run' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1761:in`standard\_exception\_handling’  
C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/lib/rake.rb:1708:in `run' C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.3/bin/rake:7 C:/ruby/bin/rake.bat:20:in`load’  
C:/ruby/bin/rake.bat:20

what could be the reason

Thanks  
Jagan