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Ruby

Posted by Rizwan Ali Khowaja
Rizwan Ali Khowaja
3,039 Points

rails generate migration add_user_id_to_statuses

I end up with the following error when I run the above command to add the relationship in my table.

NameError: undefined local variable or method `add_user_id_to_statuses' for main:Object




    from (irb):3
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.1/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:110:in `start'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.1/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:9:in `start'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.1/lib/rails/commands/commands_tasks.rb:68:in `console'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.1/lib/rails/commands/commands_tasks.rb:39:in `run_command!'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.1/lib/rails/commands.rb:17:in `<top (required)>'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `require'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `block in require'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `load_dependency'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `require'
    from /Users/rizcube/Documents/makers/RailsTreehouse/Networking_site/treebook/bin/rails:8:in `<top (required)>'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:268:in `load'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:268:in `block in load'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `load_dependency'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.1/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:268:in `load'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/spring-1.3.3/lib/spring/commands/rails.rb:6:in `call'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/spring-1.3.3/lib/spring/command_wrapper.rb:38:in `call'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/spring-1.3.3/lib/spring/application.rb:183:in `block in serve'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/spring-1.3.3/lib/spring/application.rb:156:in `fork'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/spring-1.3.3/lib/spring/application.rb:156:in `serve'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/spring-1.3.3/lib/spring/application.rb:131:in `block in run'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/spring-1.3.3/lib/spring/application.rb:125:in `loop'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/spring-1.3.3/lib/spring/application.rb:125:in `run'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/spring-1.3.3/lib/spring/application/boot.rb:18:in `<top (required)>'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
    from /Users/rizcube/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.2.0/lib/ruby/2.2.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:54:in `require'
    from -e:1:in `<main>'irb(main):004:0>

1 Answer

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

Did you enter this command in IRB or in Rails Console? It should be done in your normal terminal, while in the project's folder. I just tried, this exact error appears when you type the command in rails console.