rake db:create - collation issues

Question

kratos-iii:railsproj zachinglis$ rake db:create
(in /Users/zachinglis/Sites/rails/railsproj)
Couldn\'t create database for {\"adapter\"=>\"mysql\", \"host\"=>\         


        

Answer 1

I was having the same problem than you, me and my friends were all going mad because of it, until we've found this link http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2009/8/30/upgrading-to-snow-leopard

I've just followed the mysql installation steps and it worked great here :]