I have access to a shared database. So, I wanted to create my application tables with a prefix "cmro_". So, I did this: 1. I edited config/environment.rb and added this line: config.active_record.table_name_prefix = ''cmro_'' 2. I ran rake db:migrate. But I kept getting errors (pasted below). Any suggestions on how to fix these? 3. I am also not sure how to clean the database again. Is there some sort of rake db:destroy to clean-up all the tables that rake created? *************FIRST ATTEMPT************ bash-3.00$ rake db:migrate (in /work/storage/ror1-workdir/cmro) == CreateTemplates: migrating ===============================================-- create_table(:config_templates) -> 0.8753s == CreateTemplates: migrated (0.8757s) ====================================== == CreateVariables: migrating ===============================================-- create_table(:variables) -> 0.2370s == CreateVariables: migrated (0.2374s) ====================================== == CustomSectionNames: migrating ============================================-- add_column(:config_templates, :xml_1_name, :string) -> 0.0143s -> 0 rows -- add_column(:config_templates, :xml_2_name, :string) -> 0.0327s -> 0 rows -- add_column(:config_templates, :xml_3_name, :string) -> 0.0332s -> 0 rows -- add_column(:config_templates, :xml_4_name, :string) -> 0.0333s -> 0 rows -- add_column(:config_templates, :xml_5_name, :string) -> 0.0329s -> 0 rows == CustomSectionNames: migrated (0.1950s) =================================== == CreateBuilds: migrating ==================================================-- create_table(:builds) -> 1.1915s == CreateBuilds: migrated (1.1918s) ========================================= == AddPathFieldToBuilds: migrating ==========================================-- add_column(:builds, :path_id, :integer) -> 0.0175s -> 0 rows -- execute("TRUNCATE TABLE builds") rake aborted! An error has occurred, all later migrations canceled: OCIError: ORA-00942: table or view does not exist: TRUNCATE TABLE builds (See full trace by running task with --trace) *************SECOND ATTEMPT***************** bash-3.00$ rake db:migrate --trace (in /work/storage/ror1-workdir/cmro) ** Invoke db:migrate (first_time) ** Invoke environment (first_time) ** Execute environment ** Execute db:migrate == AddPathFieldToBuilds: migrating ==========================================-- add_column(:builds, :path_id, :integer) rake aborted! An error has occurred, all later migrations canceled: OCIError: ORA-01430: column being added already exists in table: ALTER TABLE cmro_builds ADD path_id NUMBER(38) /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:219:in `log'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-oracle_enhanced- adapter-1.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/ oracle_enhanced_adapter.rb:460:in `execute'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-oracle_enhanced- adapter-1.2.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/ oracle_enhanced_adapter.rb:765:in `add_column'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:352:in `send'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:352:in `method_missing'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:328:in `say_with_time'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:328:in `say_with_time'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:348:in `method_missing'' ./db/migrate//20090724110935_add_path_field_to_builds.rb:3:in `up_without_benchmarks'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:282:in `send'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:282:in `migrate'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:282:in `migrate'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:365:in `__send__'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:365:in `migrate'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:486:in `migrate'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:562:in `call'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:562:in `ddl_transaction'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:485:in `migrate'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:472:in `each'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:472:in `migrate'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:400:in `up'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.4/lib/ active_record/migration.rb:383:in `migrate'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.4/lib/tasks/ databases.rake:116 /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in `call'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in `execute'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in `each'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in `execute'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:597:in `invoke_with_call_chain'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in `synchronize'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:590:in `invoke_with_call_chain'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:583:in `invoke'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2051:in `invoke_task'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in `top_level'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in `each'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2029:in `top_level'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in `standard_exception_handling'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2023:in `top_level'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2001:in `run'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2068:in `standard_exception_handling'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:1998:in `run'' /opt/coolstack/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/bin/rake:31 /opt/coolstack/bin/rake:19:in `load'' /opt/coolstack/bin/rake:19 **************************************************************************** Thanks!