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 just encountered this as well on a fresh Snow Leopard install.

I had another project that created the databases without issue, but my primary project would give the errors you described. After poking around, the only difference was the former specified a socket, whereas the failing project (and yours too) uses a host.

That is to say, this database.yml causes the problem:

development:
  adapter: mysql
  database: fanvsfan_development
  username: root
  password:
  host: localhost

But this works:

development:
  adapter: mysql
  database: fanvsfan_development
  username: root
  password:
  socket: /tmp/mysql.sock

I'm unsure what the actual difference is, but this seems like a workaround.