Table columns are not being recognized (empty table)

Upon viewing one of my tables in the MySQL Query Browser, I found out
that it was “empty”, and the columns are not being recognized. (And
I’ve ran rake:db migrate).

Why aren’t the columns showing up?

I posted a question about an error related to this in the RailsSpace
Group (
http://groups.google.com/group/railsspace/browse_thread/thread/9b1894f7b3e2f664?hl=en
)… and I’m pretty sure that the reason for the error is because the
table is empty.

Has anyone else experienced this problem before? Will deleting, and
regenerating the model (and migration), fix it? Or… what should I
do?

The file looks like this:.
class CreateSpecs < ActiveRecord::Migration
def self.up
create_table :specs do |t|
t.column :user_id, :integer, :null => false
t.column :first_name, :string, :default => “”
t.column :last_name, :string, :default => “”
t.column :gender, :string
t.column :birthdate, :date
t.column :occupation, :string, :default => “”
t.column :city, :string, :default => “”
t.column :state, :string, :default => “”
t.column :zip_code, :string, :default => “”
end
end

def self.down
drop_table :specs
end
end