rake - Can't migrate database after scaffold. Section 2.2 Ruby on Rails Tutorial Michael Hartl

Question

I'm working through the Hartl ruby on rails tutorial (section 2.2), and I'm having trouble migrating the database. Everything seemed to be working, and then I ran rails generate scaffold User name:string email:string Afterwards I tried to run bundle exec rake db:migrate and got the below error message:

$ bundle exec rake db:migrate
                                                                                 == 20141125234257 CreateUsers: migrating ======================================
-- create_table(:users)
   -> 0.0079s
== 20141125234257 CreateUsers: migrated (0.0080s) =============================

rake aborted!
StandardError: An error has occurred, this and all later migrations canceled:

wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:271:in `initialize'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:271:in `new'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:271:in `substitute_at'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:97:in `block in substitute_values'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:96:in `each'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:96:in `each_with_index'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:96:in `substitute_values'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:56:in `insert'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:521:in `_create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/counter_cache.rb:139:in `_create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb:122:in `_create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:306:in `block in _create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:88:in `call'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:88:in `_run_callbacks'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:734:in `_run_create_callbacks'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:306:in `_create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb:57:in `_create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:501:in `create_or_update'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:302:in `block in create_or_update'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:88:in `call'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:88:in `_run_callbacks'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:734:in `_run_save_callbacks'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:302:in `create_or_update'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:142:in `save!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/validations.rb:42:in `save!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb:29:in `save!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:289:in `block in save!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:345:in `block in with_transaction_returning_status'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:211:in `transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:218:in `transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:342:in `with_transaction_returning_status'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:289:in `save!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:51:in `create!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1015:in `record_version_state_after_migrating'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:985:in `block in execute_migration_in_transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1030:in `block in ddl_transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:213:in `block in transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/transaction.rb:188:in `within_new_transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:213:in `transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:218:in `transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1030:in `ddl_transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:983:in `execute_migration_in_transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:945:in `block in migrate'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:941:in `each'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:941:in `migrate'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:813:in `up'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:791:in `migrate'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb:137:in `migrate'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake:44:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (1 for 0)
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:271:in `initialize'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:271:in `new'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:271:in `substitute_at'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:97:in `block in substitute_values'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:96:in `each'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:96:in `each_with_index'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:96:in `substitute_values'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/relation.rb:56:in `insert'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:521:in `_create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/counter_cache.rb:139:in `_create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb:122:in `_create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:306:in `block in _create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:88:in `call'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:88:in `_run_callbacks'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:734:in `_run_create_callbacks'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:306:in `_create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb:57:in `_create_record'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:501:in `create_or_update'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:302:in `block in create_or_update'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:88:in `call'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:88:in `_run_callbacks'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activesupport-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:734:in `_run_save_callbacks'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:302:in `create_or_update'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:142:in `save!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/validations.rb:42:in `save!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb:29:in `save!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:289:in `block in save!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:345:in `block in with_transaction_returning_status'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:211:in `transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:218:in `transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:342:in `with_transaction_returning_status'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:289:in `save!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:51:in `create!'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1015:in `record_version_state_after_migrating'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:985:in `block in execute_migration_in_transaction'
/usr/local/rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.4@rails4/gems/activerecord-4.2.0.beta4/lib/active_record/migration.rb:1030:in `block in ddl_transacti

Answer 1

I just ran into this as well. This is due to ActiveRecord 4.2.0.beta4 passing a parameter to Arel::Nodes::BindParam.new. Arel 6.0.0 was just released today. In this version, BindParam does not accept any parameters in it's initalizer.

ActiveRecord has already fixed this on the master branch. Until beta5 is released you'll need to lock your Gemfile to gem 'arel', '6.0.0.beta2'.