Do you have access to the prod DB, and if so, could it be a view instead of a table?
--Will On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Stephen Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just yesterday I inherited a Rails project that is overdue. Yay! > Also, I'm rather a bit of a Ruby/Rails novice. Double yay! > > The problem I'm currently trying to solve is this: there is a model > class in this rails app that does not have a corresponding database > table. In fact, there is a comment in the model class code that says: > "I admit this is a bit of a hack, since there is not [sic] 'XYZ' table > in the db". When I try to run the app, webrick spits out the > following: "Mysql::Error: Table 'XYZ' doesn't exist: SHOW FIELDS FROM > `XYZ`". > > I do know that the original author got this working somehow because > it's running just fine out in the wild. Unfortunately, I don't have > access to that instance. Just the source code as it was checked in to > subversion. > > What can I do? > > Thanks, > Stephen > > P.S. I also posted this on the URUG, but I only just joined so I don't > know how responsive they'll be. For any of you in that group, I > sincerely apologize for the cross post. I am just really anxious to > get this resolved. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
