# Script/dbconsole not working

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-dbconsole-not-working/151656>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 24, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-dbconsole-not-working/151656 "2008-10-24T01:05:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Delirium\_tremens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Delirium\_tremens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Delirium_tremens)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-dbconsole-not-working/151656/1 "2008-10-24T01:05:29Z")

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Take a look…

[http://d.imagehost.org/0966/dbconsole\_image.png](http://d.imagehost.org/0966/dbconsole_image.png)  
[http://d.imagehost.org/0709/console\_image.png](http://d.imagehost.org/0709/console_image.png)

How to solve this problem?

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**Author:** ![Delirium\_tremens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Delirium\_tremens](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Delirium_tremens)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-dbconsole-not-working/151656/2 "2008-10-24T04:30:11Z")

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On Oct 23, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Delirium tremens wrote:

> Take a look…
> 
> [http://d.imagehost.org/0966/dbconsole\_image.png](http://d.imagehost.org/0966/dbconsole_image.png)  
> [http://d.imagehost.org/0709/console\_image.png](http://d.imagehost.org/0709/console_image.png)
> 
> How to solve this problem?

Well, stop trying to use a Rails console when you mean to be talking  
directly to your database.

Normally, you’d put table creation code inside an  
ActiveRecord::Migration and run it with:  
rake db:migrate

-Rob

Rob B. [http://agileconsultingllc.com](http://agileconsultingllc.com)  
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