Rails - Apr 2006 - Newbee rake migrate question

with a simple table def.

class Objects < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
      create_table :objects do |table|
        table.column :name, string
  end

  def self.down
      drop_table :objects
  end
end


when I run rake migrate, I get:

** Invoke migrate (first_time)
** Invoke db:migrate (first_time)
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
** Execute db:migrate
rake aborted!
./db/migrate//001_objects.rb:10: parse error, unexpected $, expecting kEND
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:140:in
`load''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:140:in
`load''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/migration.rb:340:in
`migration_classes''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:190:in
`inject''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/migration.rb:339:in
`migration_classes''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/migration.rb:327:in
`migrate''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/migration.rb:294:in
`up''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/active_record/migration.rb:285:in
`migrate''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.2/lib/tasks/databases.rake:4
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:in
`execute''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:387:in
`execute''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:357:in
`invoke''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/thread.rb:135:in `synchronize''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:350:in
`invoke''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:364:in
`invoke_prerequisites''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:999:in `each''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:363:in
`invoke_prerequisites''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:356:in
`invoke''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/thread.rb:135:in `synchronize''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:350:in
`invoke''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906:in `run''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/lib/rake.rb:1906:in `run''
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.7.1/bin/rake:7
/usr/local/bin/rake:18

from terminal

and

  [4;36;1mSQL (0.031305)   [0;1mCREATE TABLE schema_info
(version int(11))
  [4;35;1mSQL (0.004014)   INSERT INTO schema_info (version)
VALUES(0)
  [4;36;1mSQL (0.000000)   [0;1mMysql::Error: Table
''schema_info'' already exists: CREATE TABLE schema_info
(version
int(11))
  [4;36;1mSQL (0.000000)   [0;1mMysql::Error: Table
''schema_info'' already exists: CREATE TABLE schema_info
(version
int(11))
  [4;35;1mSQL (0.000000)   Mysql::Error: Table ''schema_info''
already exists: CREATE TABLE schema_info (version int(11))

in the log.

(of course schema_info didn''t exist until I ran rake.)

I''ve googled this quite a bit and see people talking about ruby 1.8.4
breaking things, but I don''t find a specific comment about the model
making.

Any directions?

Thanks, in advance.

Lee Hinde wrote:
> with a simple table def.
> 
> class Objects < ActiveRecord::Migration
>   def self.up
>       create_table :objects do |table|
>         table.column :name, string
>   end
I think your problem is here, you haven''t ended the "do"
block.

Add another end, after you add the column.

David

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On 4/20/06, David <null@example.com> wrote:
> Lee Hinde wrote:
> > with a simple table def.
> >
> > class Objects < ActiveRecord::Migration
> >   def self.up
> >       create_table :objects do |table|
> >         table.column :name, string
> >   end
>
> I think your problem is here, you haven''t ended the "do"
block.
>
> Add another end, after you add the column.
>
> David
Thank you. That got me further and I''ll look around before I ask about
the next error message.

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On 4/20/06, Lee Hinde <leehinde@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/20/06, David <null@example.com> wrote:
> > Lee Hinde wrote:
> > > with a simple table def.
> > >
> > > class Objects < ActiveRecord::Migration
> > >   def self.up
> > >       create_table :objects do |table|
> > >         table.column :name, string
> > >   end
> >
> > I think your problem is here, you haven''t ended the
"do" block.
> >
> > Add another end, after you add the column.
> >
> > David
>
> Thank you. That got me further and I''ll look around before I ask
about
> the next error message.
A missing colon, and I''m good to go.

Thanks again.

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Lee :
> > > > class Objects < ActiveRecord::Migration
> > > >   def self.up
> > > >       create_table :objects do |table|
> > > >         table.column :name, string
> > > >   end
> > Thank you. That got me further and I''ll look around before
> > I ask about the next error message.
Be careful, Object is a reserved word.

http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Object.html

   -- Jean-Fran?ois.

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