If my code tries to access the database at "compile time", e.g. defining methods based on values in a table, the rake db:create task fails: rake aborted! #42000Unknown database ''xxx_development'' Why does the db:create task need to load the entire application in order to create the database, instead of just reading database.yml? I''m not the first to see this, e.g. http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/6c7b2901a6bc6cde/06e149bd53c650d8 and http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/154561 Cheers Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I''m just curious why you find it to be a problem that it loads the environment? On Jul 2, 8:18 pm, Dave Rothlisberger <droth...@gmail.com> wrote:> If my code tries to access the database at "compile time", e.g. > defining methods based on values in a table, the rake db:create task > fails: > > rake aborted! > #42000Unknown database ''xxx_development'' > > Why does the db:create task need to load the entire application in > order to create the database, instead of just reading database.yml? > > I''m not the first to see this, e.g.http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/... > > andhttp://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/154561 > > Cheers > Dave--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Well, I agree that that''s kind of silly. When you have a very large app, it can take quite a bit of time to load the environment... And, when we''re talking about just creating a db, I don''t see why we need the environment. Then again, I never use db:create... I just use mysqladmin. b Andrew Bloom wrote:> I''m just curious why you find it to be a problem that it loads the > environment? > > On Jul 2, 8:18 pm, Dave Rothlisberger <droth...@gmail.com> wrote: >> If my code tries to access the database at "compile time", e.g. >> defining methods based on values in a table, the rake db:create task >> fails: >> >> rake aborted! >> #42000Unknown database ''xxx_development'' >> >> Why does the db:create task need to load the entire application in >> order to create the database, instead of just reading database.yml? >> >> I''m not the first to see this, e.g.http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/... >> >> andhttp://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/154561 >> >> Cheers >> Dave > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
I think loading the environment with db:create and db:drop is unnecessary. I''ve run into scenarios where a plugin does some initialization based on the database and raises exceptions if there is no database (ultrasphinx and acts_as_ferret are two that come to mind). Whenever I set up an app on a new machine, and I have a plugin that expects a database installed, I have to script/dbconsole to create the database. It''s not world-ending, but it is annoying. On Jul 4, 2:51 pm, Ben Munat <bmu...@gmail.com> wrote:> Well, I agree that that''s kind of silly. When you have a very large app, > it can take quite a bit of time to load the environment... And, when > we''re talking about just creating a db, I don''t see why we need the > environment. Then again, I never use db:create... I just use mysqladmin. > > b > > Andrew Bloom wrote: > > I''m just curious why you find it to be a problem that it loads the > > environment? > > > On Jul 2, 8:18 pm, Dave Rothlisberger <droth...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> If my code tries to access the database at "compile time", e.g. > >> defining methods based on values in a table, the rake db:create task > >> fails: > > >> rake aborted! > >> #42000Unknown database ''xxx_development'' > > >> Why does the db:create task need to load the entire application in > >> order to create the database, instead of just reading database.yml? > > >> I''m not the first to see this, e.g.http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/... > > >> andhttp://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/154561 > > >> Cheers > >> Dave > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Jul 5, 2008, at 1:39 AM, zilkey wrote:> Whenever I set up an app on a new machine, and I have a plugin that > expects a database installed, I have to script/dbconsole to create the > database. It''s not world-ending, but it is annoying.I always run into this with the betternestedset plugin. I have to edit the model before I can recreate the database. As you said, nothing terrible, but why load the whole environment if all you need is some stuff in a config file? Matt Darby, M.S. Rails | PHP | Linux | MySQL | IT Email: matt@matt-darby.com Skype: matt-darby Web: http://blog.matt-darby.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Also, it seems, based on the 2 threads I linked in the original post, that this behaviour was introduced in rails 2.1 -- but I haven''t confirmed that myself. In my case (replying to Andrew Bloom''s question), I was automatically defining helper methods like "admin?", "student?", etc, based on data in the roles table, to save typing "current_user.has_role?(:admin)" etc... my code was smart enough to not fail if the roles table was missing (so that at least the migrations creating the roles table wouldn''t fail), but I wasn''t checking for the presence of the entire database. rake db:create fails before creating the database, because it loads my application, which expects a database! I agree that it''s not a huge issue, but you know, I think rails could do with some tidying up before the next million new features are added. :-) For someone relatively new to rails like myself, all these small issues add up and bite one or two days out of every week of work. I don''t mean to criticise anyone that works on rails, your work is hugely appreciated, and I realise I should be submitting patches myself if I want things to improve (once I get my head around the rails code). But I feel like I have been battling against the framework far more than necessary. Hopefully rails has reached a high enough level of maturity, feature-wise, that bug-fixes will be given priority over new features. Dave.> I''m not the first to see this, e.g. > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/... > > and http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/154561--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
To add to the bikeshet color palette ... On 05.07.2008, at 18:37, Dave Rothlisberger wrote:> rails code). But I feel like I have been battling against the > framework far more than necessary.As I see it it''s an education problem - at least for the examples mentioned. Plugins like better_nested_set are clearly framework level plugins (extending ActiveRecord features). As such they should not make any assumptions about a database being present and it should be possible to implement it like that I guess. *) Also, plugin models that act_as_nested_set cause this problem only if they are loaded during plugin loading time. Avoid that the model is loaded when the plugin''s init.rb is loaded and the problem will go away. Again, to me this seems, even if obscure and hard to teach, rather like an education problem (because the plugin has been designed the wrong way) than a problem with rake tasks requiring the environment (which generally makes sense). *) (There are application level plugins out there for which it *might* make sense to make assumptions about the database but they also can''t because Rails still has no concept of application level plugins ... but that''s a different story ;) -- sven fuchs svenfuchs@artweb-design.de artweb design http://www.artweb-design.de grünberger 65 + 49 (0) 30 - 47 98 69 96 (phone) d-10245 berlin + 49 (0) 171 - 35 20 38 4 (mobile) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 10:39 PM, zilkey <jeff@zilkey.com> wrote:> > I think loading the environment with db:create and db:drop is > unnecessary. I''ve run into scenarios where a plugin does some > initialization based on the database and raises exceptions if there is > no database (ultrasphinx and acts_as_ferret are two that come to > mind).+1 on this comment, and I don''t think this should be considered a plugin design flaw. This thread is like deja vu of the database.yml vs. environment config thread. I still believe that any *external* dependencies or resources (databases, gems) should get special treatment. In other words, if there is a dependency which is external to the app, any rails provisions for managing it should not be dependent on the app initializing first. Otherwise, it''s a chicken and egg problem. That''s why db:create should not depend on the app initializing, and also (shameless plug) why I''d prefer the GemInstaller (which has standalone as well as integrated invocation options) over config.gems for managing gems, including the Rails gem(s) itself :) -- Chad --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-core-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---