# Ruby script/server ERROR **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 27, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-server-error/158737 "2009-01-27T13:25:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basma)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-server-error/158737/1 "2009-01-27T13:25:00Z")
Hi I have a problem when I use the command ruby script/server in some of applications , the server dose not working end exiting before I close it! to know what I mean please see the attachment! How I deal with a server to see my pages? ---
**Author:** ![basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basma)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-server-error/158737/2 "2009-01-27T14:42:40Z")
On 27 Jan 2009, at 12:25, Basma Basma wrote: > I close it! Sounds like a syntax error in database.yml. Fred ---
**Author:** ![basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basma)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-server-error/158737/3 "2009-01-27T15:48:42Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > On 27 Jan 2009, at 12:25, Basma Basma wrote: > > > I close it! > > Sounds like a syntax error in database.yml. > > Fred thanks Fred for replying. but what kind of errors? I wrote in database.yml development: adapter: mysql database: web host: localhost username: root password: test: adapter: mysql database: web host: localhost username: root password: production: adapter: mysql database: web host: localhost username: root password: ---
**Author:** ![basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basma)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-server-error/158737/4 "2009-01-27T15:59:07Z")
On 27 Jan 2009, at 14:48, Basma Basma wrote: > thanks Fred for replying. > but what kind of errors? > I wrote in database.yml According to the error message there’s a line with timeout: 5000 on it Also indentation in yaml is significant. Fred ---
**Author:** ![basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basma)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-server-error/158737/5 "2009-01-27T16:10:43Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > On 27 Jan 2009, at 14:48, Basma Basma wrote: > > > thanks Fred for replying. > > but what kind of errors? > > I wrote in database.yml > > According to the error message there’s a line with timeout: 5000 on it > Also indentation in yaml is significant. > > Fred yes there was a line with timeout: 5000 then I remove it , to see if the error from it or not! and still same error! but what do you mean about “Also indentation in yaml is significant”? should be without indentation? thanks… ---
**Author:** ![basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basma)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-server-error/158737/6 "2009-01-27T16:42:20Z")
many thanks to you Fred 🙂 it’s working now. ---
**Author:** ![basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@basma](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/basma)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-script-server-error/158737/7 "2009-01-27T16:17:35Z")
On 27 Jan 2009, at 15:10, Basma Basma wrote: > > it > > but what do you mean about “Also indentation in yaml is significant”? > > should be without indentation? That means that what you pasted: development: adapter: mysql database: web host: localhost username: root password: is very different from development: adapter: mysql database: web host: localhost username: root password: Also have all three environments set to use the same database is a very bad thing (unless you want all of them to get wiped everytime you run the unit tests). Fred