No database connection in rails console

Question

My rails application works fine when I run rake db:migrate but the problem occurs when I try to start the rails console.

2.0.0p247 :003 > User
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Answer 1

That is due to ActiveRecord establishing the connection lazily starting 4.0. Just don't worry about it.

After it's established the first time, you'll start seeing the expected output. Try this:

2.1.4 :001 > User
# => User (call 'User.connection' to establish a connection)

2.1.4 :001 > User.count
# => SELECT COUNT(*) FROM "users" ...

2.1.4 :001 > User
# => User(id: integer, email: string, encrypted_password: string, ...)