Monday, April 11, 2011

Error trying to get my first Rails application running.

I have a book called "Learning Ruby" and under the section for rails is gives a step-by-step walk through of creating a simple Rails web app.

It says near the end type the command:

./script/generate scaffold addressbook addressbook

But part-way through I get the error:

wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)

I assume this is because a slight version difference, but I cant get my rails application to work, and was hoping somebody here might be able to help me?

From stackoverflow
  • If you run script/generate scaffold without any arguments, it will tell you how to use it:

    $ script/generate scaffold
    Usage: script/generate scaffold ModelName [field:type, field:type]
    
    Options:
            --skip-timestamps            Don't add timestamps to the migration file for this model
            --skip-migration             Don't generate a migration file for this model
            --force-plural               Forces the generation of a plural ModelName
    
    Rails Info:
        -v, --version                    Show the Rails version number and quit.
        -h, --help                       Show this help message and quit.
    
    General Options:
        -p, --pretend                    Run but do not make any changes.
        -f, --force                      Overwrite files that already exist.
        -s, --skip                       Skip files that already exist.
        -q, --quiet                      Suppress normal output.
        -t, --backtrace                  Debugging: show backtrace on errors.
        -c, --svn                        Modify files with subversion. (Note: svn must be in path)
        -g, --git                        Modify files with git. (Note: git must be in path)
    
    Description:
        Scaffolds an entire resource, from model and migration to controller and
        views, along with a full test suite. The resource is ready to use as a
        starting point for your RESTful, resource-oriented application.
    
        Pass the name of the model (in singular form), either CamelCased or
        under_scored, as the first argument, and an optional list of attribute
        pairs.
    
        Attribute pairs are column_name:sql_type arguments specifying the
        model's attributes. Timestamps are added by default, so you don't have to
        specify them by hand as 'created_at:datetime updated_at:datetime'.
    
        You don't have to think up every attribute up front, but it helps to
        sketch out a few so you can start working with the resource immediately.
    
        For example, 'scaffold post title:string body:text published:boolean'
        gives you a model with those three attributes, a controller that handles
        the create/show/update/destroy, forms to create and edit your posts, and
        an index that lists them all, as well as a map.resources :posts
        declaration in config/routes.rb.
    
        If you want to remove all the generated files, run
        'script/destroy scaffold ModelName'.
    
    Examples:
        `./script/generate scaffold post`
        `./script/generate scaffold post title:string body:text published:boolean`
        `./script/generate scaffold purchase order_id:integer amount:decimal`
    

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