# Problem with db:test:prepare

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-dbprepare/185352>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 18, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-dbprepare/185352 "2010-03-18T15:34:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![thiel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@thiel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/thiel)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/problem-with-dbprepare/185352/1 "2010-03-18T15:34:35Z")

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Hi,

I am learning Rails from “Agile Web D. with Rails” (third  
edition) by implementing the Depot example. This is an excellent book to  
learn Rails.

However, I have a problem in the chapter 14, Testing, in which I had to  
run the command: db:test:prepare. It gave the following result;

```
  in C:/MyProjects/dev/webshop)
  rake aborted!
  Task not supported by 'jdbcmysql'
  rake aborted!
  invalid meta-code syntax: /C:\MyProjects\dev\webshop\Rakefile/

```

I am using the Netbeans 6.8 IDE with WeBrick as the application server.

Can anyone give me a clue how to solve that problem?

Thanks in advance,

Thiel