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Posted by Himi Sato
Himi Sato
260 Points

Help!! "bin/rake db:migrate" doesn't work

I wrote these words on the terminal, but it appeared an error message like that:

== CreateTodoLists: migrating ================================================ -- create_table(:todo_lists) rake aborted! StandardError: An error has occurred, this and all later migrations canceled:

undefined method stiring' for #<ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::TableDefinition:0xbac0b150>/home/treehouse/projects/odot/db/migrate/20141014024008_create_todo_lists.rb:4:inblock in change' /home/treehouse/projects/odot/db/migrate/20141014024008_create_todo_lists.rb:3:in `change' Tasks: TOP => db:migrate (See full trace by running task with --trace)

What should I do?

1 Answer

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

It's a simple typo. Open the migration file 20141014024008_create_todo_lists.rb and look for this word: "stiring", somewhere around line 3.

Make sure it's "string". Save and run the migrate again.

Himi Sato
Himi Sato
260 Points

Hi Maciej,

Thank you so much for your advice!! My problem could be solved. Thanks again :)

Himi