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

Does the database already exist? Is MySQL setup and running? What changed? (OS Upgrade maybe)? Does a fresh rails app work? What about your other environments (test, production)?

Is there a back trace? you could post (use rake --trace db:create). Usually MySQL is returns a very explicit error message, rake is just eating it.