Why does my users table have a no column error? - sql

Question

I am getting the following error after running my tests in the console:
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: SQLite3::SQLException: table users has no column named password: INSERT INTO "users"
user_test.rb:
class UserTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
test "a user should enter a first name" do
user = User.new
assert !user.save
assert !user.errors[:first_name].empty?
end
test "a user should enter a last name" do
user = User.new
assert !user.save
assert !user.errors[:last_name].empty?
end
test "a user should enter a profile name" do
user = User.new
assert !user.save
assert !user.errors[:profile_name].empty?
end
test "a user should have a unique profile name" do
user = User.new
user.profile_name = users(:adam).profile_name
assert !user.save
assert !user.errors[:profile_name].empty?
end
end
users.rb:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
# Include default devise modules. Others available are:
# :token_authenticatable, :confirmable,
# :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
:recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
# Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me,
:first_name, :last_name, :profile_name
validates :first_name, presence: true
validates :last_name, presence: true
validates :profile_name, presence: true,
uniqueness: true
has_many :statuses
def full_name
first_name + " " + last_name
end
end
users.yml:
dan:
first_name: "Dan"
last_name: "Can"
email: "dan#email.com"
profile_name: "dan"
password: "123456"
password_confirmation: "123456"
database.yml:
# SQLite version 3.x
# gem install sqlite3
#
# Ensure the SQLite 3 gem is defined in your Gemfile
# gem 'sqlite3'
development:
adapter: sqlite3
database: db/development.sqlite3
pool: 5
timeout: 5000
# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
# Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
test:
adapter: sqlite3
database: db/test.sqlite3
pool: 5
timeout: 5000
production:
adapter: sqlite3
database: db/production.sqlite3
pool: 5
timeout: 5000
What I believe to be my user migrate file:
class DeviseCreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
def change
create_table(:users) do |t|
t.string :first_name
t.string :last_name
t.string :profile_name
## Database authenticatable
t.string :email, :null => false, :default => ""
t.string :encrypted_password, :null => false, :default => ""
## Recoverable
t.string :reset_password_token
t.datetime :reset_password_sent_at
## Rememberable
t.datetime :remember_created_at
## Trackable
t.integer :sign_in_count, :default => 0
t.datetime :current_sign_in_at
t.datetime :last_sign_in_at
t.string :current_sign_in_ip
t.string :last_sign_in_ip
## Confirmable
# t.string :confirmation_token
# t.datetime :confirmed_at
# t.datetime :confirmation_sent_at
# t.string :unconfirmed_email # Only if using reconfirmable
## Lockable
# t.integer :failed_attempts, :default => 0 # Only if lock strategy is :failed_attempts
# t.string :unlock_token # Only if unlock strategy is :email or :both
# t.datetime :locked_at
## Token authenticatable
# t.string :authentication_token
t.timestamps
end
add_index :users, :email, :unique => true
add_index :users, :reset_password_token, :unique => true
end
end
I would like to know what is causing the error, but more importantly why.

Answer 1

When I removed the password and password_confirmation columns from the users fixture it passed the test with no errors. I'm told by a friend that is was likely due to an upgrade in devise.

Answer 2

It seems to me that the problem you have is, just as the error says, there is no password column in your User table. You have to add it to your migration:
t.string :password
Note, however, that I have never used Devise so I may be wrong about this.

Answer 3

I think there are a couple of possibilities here but I will focus on the immediate problem. If your Rake tasks are returning No command found, then it may be because Rake isn't installed on your computer. I would start there.
To install Rake, type in your terminal:
gem install rake
The reason why your code doesn't work is because your users table doesn't have a column named password. With rake db:migrate and rake db:test:prepare you are ensuring that any migrations you created are applied to your database.
Let me know the results.