Ruby On Rails Scaffold LoadError

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I am learning Ruby on Rails using a book I picked up called "Head First Rails" I am in the first chapter and it tells me to create my CRUD procedures using the following command:

ruby script/generate scaffold ticket name:string seat_id_seq:string address:text price_paid:decimal email_address:string

the error I am getting is:

ruby: No such file or directory -- script/generate (LoadError)

Can someone please explain what I am doing wrong. I am not new to development, I am a professional C# developer trying to learn Ruby on Rails.

i got the same problem, but generate what is? cause inside of the rails app there is no a directory called generate inside of script. — lorbrito, Jan 30 '11 at 14:35

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 18 '10 at 05:11

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Are you running that in your application directory? The scaffold command needs to be executed in your application directory in order to find script/generate.

answered Feb 18 '10 at 05:11

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ah, this was it, i was in the parent directory of my project and not in my project directory, thanks! – Russ Bradberry Feb 18 '10 at 05:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '10 at 05:12

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try simply "./script/generate ..." in your project directory

answered Feb 18 '10 at 05:12

Zepplock

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 13 '11 at 03:44

This question is old, but for anyone who is having problems with "Head First Rails" first edition (which is the only one available at this time), it was written for rails 2. So most of the commands, like script/generate, have been replaced by new ones in Rails 3.

I suggest using "Agile Web Development with Rails" book.

Ruby On Rails Scaffold LoadError

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