# Rails 2.3.3 / MySql 5.1.37 / Ruby 1.8.6 - Migration issue

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-3-mysql-5-1-37-ruby-1-8-6-migration-issue/174728>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 1, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-3-mysql-5-1-37-ruby-1-8-6-migration-issue/174728 "2009-09-01T11:48:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![nedu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e480ec/32.png) [@nedu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nedu)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-3-mysql-5-1-37-ruby-1-8-6-migration-issue/174728/1 "2009-09-01T11:48:38Z")

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Problem:  
while running db:migrate, i got the following error in Vista

Mysql::Error: query: not connected: CREATE TABLE `schema_migrations`  
(`version`  
varchar(255) NOT NULL) ENGINE=InnoDB

running:  
rails 2.3.3  
ruby 1.8.6 (2008-08-11 patchlevel 287) [i386-mswin32]  
Server version: 5.1.37-community MySQL Community Server (GPL)

Solution:  
the following posts resolved the issue.  
[http://halyph.blogspot.com/2009/08/rails-23-migration-issues-with-mysql\_26.html](http://halyph.blogspot.com/2009/08/rails-23-migration-issues-with-mysql_26.html)

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**Author:** ![nedu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/e480ec/32.png) [@nedu](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nedu)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-2-3-3-mysql-5-1-37-ruby-1-8-6-migration-issue/174728/2 "2009-09-03T19:17:00Z")

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It worked!! Spent some hours trying to figure this one out.  
Thanks a lot!