Invalid excape character syntax

[adamp]

I'm brand new to RoR and Netbeans. I've successfully gone through the demos and sample code. When I try to create a project from scratch I and try to do Run/Debug Rake Task -> db:create, I get the following error.


Invalid escape character syntax: /C:\HelloWorld\Rakefile/

C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.4/lib/rake.rb:2058:in `standard_exception_handling': Invalid escape character syntax: /C:\HelloWorld\Rakefile/ (RegexpError)

from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.4/lib/rake.rb:2058:in `find'

from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.4/lib/rake.rb:2058:in `each'

from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.4/lib/rake.rb:2058:in `find'

from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.4/lib/rake.rb:2058:in `standard_exception_handling'

from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.4/lib/rake.rb:1974:in `run'

from C:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.4/bin/rake:31

from C:/ruby/bin/rake:19:in `load'

from C:/ruby/bin/rake:19

I have changed the NetBeans IDE to use the latest ruby 1.8.6_26 release, but that didn't help.

This has to be a

[hatakelei]

I am in the same boat as you, Adam. New in NetBeans and RoR. I am trying to
create a new RoR and trying to connect to a MS SQL Server database. I tried
to use my existing database connection (which uses JTDS driver). I don't
know this will work or if that is the cause of the error
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[adamp]

I've tried several things including using the RoR distribution and am still stuck.

[Erno Mononen]

Can you try whether you can successfully run Rake tasks from the command
line? Assuming you're using the bundled JRuby, open a command prompt for
the project directory and run some Rake task there, e.g.:

C:\YourRailsProjectDir><netbeans install
dir>\ruby2\jruby-1.1.4\bin\jruby -S rake db:create

(Obviously you need to replace <netbeans install dir> with the actual
path to your NB installation).

Erno


adamp wrote:

[adamp]

I tried that and it failed. The error was:

[Erno Mononen]

So I guess you're using some other Ruby platform than the bundled JRuby
for the app? Could you try running some rake task using the same
interpreter that you have set for the app (you can check the path to the
interpreter from Tools -> Ruby Platforms)?

Erno

adamp wrote:

[adamp]

You are correct that I have two ruby installs on my box they are:

[Erno Mononen]

OK; I see. I was asking since the original stack trace you posted
indicated that you use MRI Ruby, not JRuby. Is the error exactly the
same now that you're using JRuby, or is the error now the "Rails
requires RubyGems 1.3.1" one? If the latter, probably the easiest is
to download and install JRuby 1.2.0 (jruby.codehaus.org) which bundles
RubyGems 1.3.1. Please see
http://blogs.sun.com/divas/entry/fixing_the_rails_requires_rubygems for
detailed instructions. Let us know if that helps,

Thanks,
Erno



adamp wrote:

[adamp]

OK, I got over the first issue. I switched to using the native ruby environment rather than jruby. I made sure it was all up to date.

I still had the issue, but debugged the rake environment:

1) Right Click <project name> -> Run/Debug Rake Task -> db:create
2) and check "Debug"

Debugging through I found that the system could not find the "mysql" gem at all. Not only could I see it in the debugger, but in debug mode the actual error printed out:

[Erno Mononen]

Hi Adam,

Great to hear it's working for you now. And thanks for posting your
notes, they will help others running into the same problem.

Cheers,
Erno


adamp wrote: