Deploying Radiant - why can't anything ever just work?

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So I have been tinkering with Rails all week - I'm a designer, not a developer, but I'm looking to expand my knowledge. I created an instance of Radiant, the cms, and am looking to fiddle with it and then try putting it on a server.

I have the 'radiant project' created here: RAILS_ROOT: /Users/rmorourk/Sites/radiant_test

When I use locomotive to point this directory at port 3004, I get the following error on viewing:

Could not find table 'config'

Although the config table is definitely there.

I used SQLite 3 as the database. I'm assuming, sense I am trying to access it locally, that it is looking at the development database - my config/database.yml file looks like this:

development:   adapter: sqlite3   database: db/development.sqlite3.db

What am I doing wrong here? Do I have to activate the sqlite somehow? Any advise would be appreciated.

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When I use locomotive to point this directory at port 3004,

Locomotive? Are you using Tiger? 'Cause if you're using Leopard, then I would recommend using the Rails installation that's included with the OS.

I get the following error on viewing:

Could not find table 'config'

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I'm assuming, sense I am trying to access it locally, that it is looking at the development database

Don't assume. Check. Select the app in Locomotive, choose Get Info, and see what it says the run mode is -- development, production, or test. It probably *should* be development, but make sure that it actually *is*.

(If you're not using Locomotive, this is generally controlled by your RAILS_ENV environment variable. Also, Locomotive calls them "run modes", but all other Rails literature calls them environments.)

- my config/database.yml file looks like this:

development: adapter: sqlite3 database: db/development.sqlite3.db

I don't know if that's right, since I've not used SQLite. But the information I came across on the Web suggests that "database:" should perhaps be "dbfile:". Don't take my word for that, though; check with someone more knowledgeable about using SQLite with Rails.

What am I doing wrong here? Do I have to activate the sqlite somehow? Any advise would be appreciated.

Best,

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I’m not familiar with Radiant, but you might try:

$ rake db:migrate

at the command prompt, unless the installation instructions said something about creating and initializing the database.

The “rake db:migrate” command will create the database from scratch.

–wpd

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Patrick Doyle wrote:

    So I have been tinkering with Rails all week - I'm a designer, not a     developer, but I'm looking to expand my knowledge. I created an     instance     of Radiant, the cms, and am looking to fiddle with it and then try     putting it on a server.

    I have the 'radiant project' created here:     RAILS_ROOT: /Users/rmorourk/Sites/radiant_test

    When I use locomotive to point this directory at port 3004, I get the     following error on viewing:

    Could not find table 'config'

    Although the config table is definitely there.

    I used SQLite 3 as the database. I'm assuming, sense I am trying to     access it locally, that it is looking at the development database - my     config/database.yml file looks like this:

    development:      adapter: sqlite3      database: db/development.sqlite3.db

    What am I doing wrong here? Do I have to activate the sqlite somehow?     Any advise would be appreciated.

I'm not familiar with Radiant, but you might try:

$ rake db:migrate

something about creating and initializing the database.

The "rake db:migrate" command will create the database from scratch.

Sorry for the trouble you're experiencing. Try the Radiant mailing list - you're likely to get good help there also. That said, as a general guideline, you should never really need to run in development (that part is for developing the CMS itself, not the content). You should run in production.

Also, when you do that, make sure you follow the instructions over at the site.

The documentation is a bit all over the place right now, but is being reorganized. Take a look at: http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Summer_Reboot for bits of documentation that will help.

Also, specifically see: http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Create_your_first_Radiant_project (with video, I believe) and then see: http://wiki.radiantcms.org/Getting_Started

Make sure that you're on Ruby 1.8.6 - there are still a few kinks with Ruby 1.8.7.

Cheers, Mohit. 12/26/2008 | 4:28 PM.