I always get the following error when I run rake db:test:prepare. what can cause this? rake db:create works fine.
Adam-MacBook-Pro:katy adam$ bundle exec rake db:test:prepare
rake aborted!
NoMethodError: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass
/Users/adam/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.2/gems/activerecord-4.2.4/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb:163:in `purge'
/Users/adam/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.2/gems/activerecord-4.2.4/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:356:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
/Users/adam/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.2/gems/activerecord-4.2.4/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:362:in `block (3 levels) in <top (required)>'
/Users/adam/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.2/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval'
/Users/adam/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.2/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'
database.yml
<%= Rails.env %>:
adapter: mysql2
encoding: utf8
pool: <%= ENV['DB_POOL'] || 5 %>
username: <%= ENV['DB_USER'] || 'root' %>
password: <%= ENV['DB_PASSWORD'] || nil %>
timeout: <%= ENV['DB_TIMEOUT'] || 5000 %>
host: <%= ENV['DB_HOST'] || 'localhost' %>
port: <%= ENV['DB_PORT'] || 3306 %>
database: <%= ENV['DB_NAME'] || "website#{Rails.env}" %>
Try specifying the RAILS_ENV
when you run the rake command:
RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rake db:test:prepare