rails sqlite adapter error

Question

I\'m following the instructions in rails tutorial and got stuck when trying to use the scaffold command.

When running:

rails generate scaffold User n         


        

Answer 1

Also on Rails Tutorial, ran:

  $ rake db:migrate

Got the following error:

Please install the sqlite3 adapter: gem install activerecord-sqlite3-adapter (sqlite3 is not part of the bundle. Add it to Gemfile.).

Ran:

$ gem install activerecord-sqlite3-adapter

Got:

ERROR: Could not find a valid gem 'activerecord-sqlite3-adapter' (>= 0) in any repository

Changed Gemfile according to one of the answers above:

gem 'sqlite3', '1.3.4'

Got another error so had to install:

$ gem install sqlite3 -v '1.3.4'

Tried running $ rake db:migrate again, but got another error, this time resembling the answer above:

Please install the sqlite3 adapter: gem install activerecord-sqlite3-adapter (can't activate sqlite3 (~> 1.3.5), already activated sqlite3-1.3.4. Make sure all dependencies are added to Gemfile.)

So changed Gemfile to:

gem 'sqlite3', '1.3.5'

And got another error message to make sure 'gem install sqlite3 -v '1.3.5' succeeds (wtf?! alright again). Installed it successfully, ran bundle install.

Tried running:

$ rake db:migrate

Nothing happened, so tried:

$ bundle exec rails generate scaffold User name:string email:string

Per another suggestion above. And it finally worked. The tutorial warned of a laborious setup process, but I felt like I had to mix and match from at least 5 other people. Hope this helps the next person.