rake db:create throws “database does not exist” error with postgresql

Question

I\'m using rails 4.1.5 with postgresql 9.1 under Debian 7, and I\'m not able to create a database in my development environment. When I run

bin/rake db:create
         


        

Answer 1

None of the solutions worked for me, but then I saw that some answers mentioned preloading as part of the problem. I realized I had config.eager_load = true in config/environments/development.rb. I changed it to false and it solved the problem.