Question please. I''ve bought the beta ''Agile web dev with rails''. Are book related questions valid on the list please? regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
Hi Dave, Welcome aboard! Dave Pawson wrote:> I''ve bought the beta ''Agile web dev with rails''. > Are book related questions valid on the list please?Absolutely. Best regards, Bill
On 18/05/06, Bill Walton <bill.walton@charter.net> wrote:> Hi Dave,> > I''ve bought the beta ''Agile web dev with rails''. > > Are book related questions valid on the list please?p 96 (pdf version) says Rails makes it easy to store session data in the database. First, we need to create a database table with the correct layout. There''s a built-in rake task that does just that. depot> rake db:session:create It you now look at your database, you''ll find a new table called sessions. That command fails miserably with my setup (new download last week). I had to create the database table using mysql to get it to work. Has the sntax changed? Can rails do this? Is there a db:migrate command missing. Since everything else had worked nicely up to this point in the book, it''s a bit of a bummer to be stopped dead like that. Suggestions please regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
That should be: rake db:sessions:create If you want more info on rake tasks that you can run, try: rake --tasks I usually just highlight the task I want in the iTerm window, cmd+c and cmd+v to cut it loose. You are running a Mac, right? :) On Friday, May 19, 2006, at 6:46 AM, Dave Pawson wrote:>On 18/05/06, Bill Walton <bill.walton@charter.net> wrote: >> Hi Dave, > >> > I''ve bought the beta ''Agile web dev with rails''. >> > Are book related questions valid on the list please? > > > >p 96 (pdf version) says >Rails makes it easy to store session data in the database. First, we need >to create a database table with the correct layout. There''s a built-in rake >task that does just that. >depot> rake db:session:create >It you now look at your database, you''ll find a new table called sessions. > >That command fails miserably with my setup (new download last week). >I had to create the database table using mysql to get it to work. >Has the sntax changed? Can rails do this? Is there a db:migrate command >missing. > Since everything else had worked nicely up to this point in the book, >it''s a bit of a bummer to be stopped dead like that. > >Suggestions please > >regards > > > >-- >Dave Pawson >XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. >http://www.dpawson.co.uk >_______________________________________________ >Rails mailing list >Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org >http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-- Posted with http://DevLists.com. Sign up and save your mailbox.
On 19 May 2006 05:52:31 -0000, steve ross <devlists-rubyonrails@devlists.com> wrote:> That should be: > > rake db:sessions:create:-) All for a little s! Had a day at xtech 2006 on Ruby. The live demo was constantly tripping up over that! Perhaps not such a good idea with humans in the loop! Thanks Steve.> > If you want more info on rake tasks that you can run, try: > > rake --tasksI tried --help, but --tasks doesn''t stand out as anything special so I hadn''t tried that.> > I usually just highlight the task I want in the iTerm window, cmd+c and > cmd+v to cut it loose. You are running a Mac, right? :)Not since 1984, on a Mac II Windows based installations here. I was impressed with the Mac editor used on the demo though. regards -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
Dave, It happened to me too. I bought it last week and I am stuck due to that, very frustrating. So I decided not to buy anymore of the so called "beta" books with no online support. I even tried doing the db:sessions:create (plural) which is supposed to work according to this mailing list, but I keep getting the same error message. Could you please share your script for creating the table? Thanks in advance.> p 96 (pdf version) says > Rails makes it easy to store session data in the database. First, we need > to create a database table with the correct layout. There''s a built-in rake > task that does just that. > depot> rake db:session:create > It you now look at your database, you''ll find a new table called sessions. > > That command fails miserably with my setup (new download last week). > I had to create the database table using mysql to get it to work. > Has the sntax changed? Can rails do this? Is there a db:migrate command > missing. > Since everything else had worked nicely up to this point in the book, > it''s a bit of a bummer to be stopped dead like that. > > Suggestions please > > regards > > > > -- > Dave Pawson > XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. > http://www.dpawson.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >http://www.ProblemSolvingSkill.net Hone your problem-solving skills
Try running rake -T in the directory with your rakefile and see what commands are available. If you don''t see any with the db: namespace you may be running an older version of rake. If I remember correctly you need to be running rake 0.7+ for the namespace functionality to work correctly. -Steve http://www.stevelongdo.com On 5/19/06, Bala Paranj <bparanj@yahoo.com> wrote:> > Dave, It happened to me too. I bought it last week and I am stuck due to > that, very frustrating. > So I decided not to buy anymore of the so called "beta" books with no > online support. > > I even tried doing the db:sessions:create (plural) which is supposed to > work according to this > mailing list, but I keep getting the same error message. Could you please > share your script for > creating the table? Thanks in advance. > > > p 96 (pdf version) says > > Rails makes it easy to store session data in the database. First, we > need > > to create a database table with the correct layout. There''s a built-in > rake > > task that does just that. > > depot> rake db:session:create > > It you now look at your database, you''ll find a new table called > sessions. > > > > That command fails miserably with my setup (new download last week). > > I had to create the database table using mysql to get it to work. > > Has the sntax changed? Can rails do this? Is there a db:migrate command > > missing. > > Since everything else had worked nicely up to this point in the book, > > it''s a bit of a bummer to be stopped dead like that. > > > > Suggestions please > > > > regards > > > > > > > > -- > > Dave Pawson > > XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. > > http://www.dpawson.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > http://www.ProblemSolvingSkill.net > Hone your problem-solving skills > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060519/141ab570/attachment.html
On 5/19/06, Bala Paranj <bparanj@yahoo.com> wrote:> Dave, It happened to me too. I bought it last week and I am stuck due to that, very frustrating. > So I decided not to buy anymore of the so called "beta" books with no online support.<threadjack> You would think "beta" would denote that there may be a few mistakes in it. And in my experience they get fixed pretty quickly. I would also consider this list to qualify as "online support"... Again...it''s $20. You can spend more than that on a production lunch... I understand the frustrations and your feelings are valid, but we should at least be fair. I think the beta books are an awesome concept. At least you got all the rest of the value, perfect, without having to wait a few more months for it. :) </threadjack>
On 19/05/06, Curtis <cuspendlove@gmail.com> wrote:> <threadjack> > You would think "beta" would denote that there may be a few mistakes > in it.Agreed. No response to my comments on the errata list left me with other routes to seek? create table sessions (id int(11) not null primary key, session_id text, data text, updated_at datetime, index sessions (session_id (6))) was what I used. Maybe others, more expert in mysql, may suggest amendments. It did leave me with problems in the 003_xxx files. regards DaveP -- Dave Pawson XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. http://www.dpawson.co.uk
Bala Paranj wrote:> Dave, It happened to me too. I bought it last week and I am stuck due to that, very frustrating. > So I decided not to buy anymore of the so called "beta" books with no online support.Well, this is simply not true. The errata is very good, and by the time i made a blog entry about this problem here http://www.rubyrailways.com/dbsessioncreate-problem-in-the-depot-app/ somebody left a comment that this problem is already in the errata! I have bought the book after a few days it was announced, begun with it right away, so my blog entry was created about a week after the announcement, and the errata already addressed this problem by then. I would not call that "no online support". Cheers, Peter
Dave Pawson wrote:> Question please. > > I''ve bought the beta ''Agile web dev with rails''. > Are book related questions valid on the list please?Welcome Dave, Yes, those questions are absolutely valid here. The rails community is one of the best communities i met so far (the other being the Ruby one) - i am a fulltime Java developer and former Python (now Ruby/Rails) enthusiast and also subscribed to all sorts of other MLs, but the Ruby/Rails lists/communities win hands down. I had only one question on this list so far which took more than several hours to get replied, all the others were replied between a few minutes and 1-2 hours. Of course you should always google first etc etc but generally everybody is very helpful here. Cheers, Peter