Yaml Error When Trying to Generate Scaffold

Hello there,

I am a Ruby on Rails newbie, and have been reading the book, “Agile
Web D. with Rails”, by Dave T…

Seem to be stuck on page 57, when trying to invoke “ruby script/
generate scaffold Product Admin”…

My depot/config/database.yml file’s contents are:

development:
adapter: mysql
database: depot_development
socket: /tmp/mysql.sock
username: untz
password: paintball

Warning: The database defined as ‘test’ will be erased and

re-generated from your development database when you run ‘rake’.

Do not set this db to the same as development or production.

test:
adapter: mysql
database: depot_test
socket: /tmp/mysql.sock
username: untz
password: paintball

production:
adapter: mysql
database: depot_production
socket: /tmp/mysql.sock
username: untz
password: paintball

When I created these tables using MySQL 5, I issued the following in
the MySQL Command Line Monitor:

grant all on depot_development.* to ‘untz’@‘localhost’ identified by
‘paintball’;
grant all on depot_test.* to ‘untz’@‘localhost’ identified by
‘paintball’;
grant all on depot_production.* to ‘untz’@‘localhost’ identified by
‘paintball’;

When I tried to generate a scaffold, this is the error I received:

Raven:/Developer/DevResources/Ruby/RailsApps/depot untz$ ruby script/
generate scaffold Product Admin
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in load': syntax error on line 19, col -2:production: (ArgumentError)
adapter: mysql
database: depot_production
socket: /tmp/mysql.sock
username: untz
password: paintball
’ from /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in load' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.14.3/lib/ initializer.rb:419:indatabase_configuration’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.14.3/lib/
initializer.rb:163:in initialize_database' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.14.3/lib/ initializer.rb:80:inprocess’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.14.3/lib/
initializer.rb:40:in run' from ./config/environment.rb:10 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:21:inrequire’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.3/
lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in require' from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.14.3/lib/ commands/generate.rb:1 from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/ custom_require.rb:21:inrequire’
from /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.2.3/
lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:214:in `require’
from script/generate:3

I am using ruby 1.8.3 (2005-09-21) [powerpc-darwin8.2.0] on OS X
Tiger and Rails 0.14.3…

Is the Ruby 1.8.3’s yaml corrupt?

Please help! I am at this point, stuck… I really want to learn
“Ruby on Rails”, so any
tips, suggestions, and hints would be greatly appreciated.

Is there a setting in Rails where I change a configuration to point
to the prospective Ruby 1.8.3 on my local machine?

Do I need to re-install Ruby 1.8.2?

Many, many thanks!

-Unnsse

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005, untz wrote:

/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:133:in load': syntax error on line 19, col -2:production: (ArgumentError)

The error that you’re seeing often indicates a whitespace problem in the
YAML. Tabs are illegal in YAML so make sure that all of the whitespace
in your file truly are spaces and not tabs.

If that doesn’t work, there may be something else going on, but that’s a
good place to start.

Ben

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005, untz wrote:

Warning: The database defined as ‘test’ will be erased and

re-generated from your development database when you run ‘rake’.

Do not set this db to the same as development or production.

test:
adapter: mysql
database: depot_test
socket: /tmp/mysql.sock
username: untz
password: paintball

On a second glance, it also might be those extra spaces between
‘password:’ and ‘paintball’. Make sure that’s not a tab and that
there’s only one space.

Ben

Ok, that’s a good observation… On gvim, it doesn’t show the tab and
using pico, it does show the spaces…

When I fixed it and re ran the attempt to generate a scaffold, this
is the new error I got:

ruby script/generate scaffold Product Admin
exists app/controllers/
exists app/helpers/
exists app/views/admin
exists test/functional/
dependency model
exists app/models/
exists test/unit/
exists test/fixtures/
identical app/models/product.rb
identical test/unit/product_test.rb
identical test/fixtures/products.yml
create app/views/admin/_form.rhtml
Permission denied - ./app/views/admin/_form.rhtml

Any suggestions?

Many, many thanks!

-Unnsse