Rails - FATAL: database "myapp_development" does not exist

Question

I am trying to set up my Env to use PostgreSQL with Rails and i followed the steps to install PostgreSQL from this Article

Am getting the following error

ATAL: database "myapp_development" does not exist Extracted source (around line #661):

rescue ::PG::Error => error
if error.message.include?("does not exist")
raise ActiveRecord::NoDatabaseError.new(error.message, error)
else
raise
end

Answer 1

Did you run rake db:create and rake db:migrate before rails server?

UPDATE

Here's all the steps you should do:

1. cd /your/app/path
2. bundle install
3. bundle exec rake db:create
4. bundle exec rake db:migrate
5. bundle exec rails server

Answer 2

Run

rails db:create

before running

rails db:migrate

Answer 3

You can also create PostgreSQL database manually by using psql command prompt.

When in there, connect to your local server and write "create database myapp_development;" without the quotes

Answer 4

I was having a similar problem. I checked different websites and tried what they suggested but didn't work. Then I tried rake db:create:all and rake db:migrate it worked for me. Thank you!