Unrecognized constant Faker in production mode - ruby-on-rails

I'm using seeds.rb to populate my db on my dev server running in production mode.
Inside the seeds file I'm using the Faker gem to generate random values. In development mode everything works fine. But if I try to seed in production mode I get an error that Faker is not recognized.
Gemfile:
group :production do
gem 'faker'
end
Seeds.rb:
require 'faker'
user = User.create(name: Faker::Name.name)
So if I run rake db:seed RAILS_ENV=production I get the error message: NameError: uninitialized constant Faker.
Any advice?

I removed the faker gem completely from the Gemfile then made a bundle install. After that I added the gem back to the file and bundle install again.
Now it is working. So the issue was, bundle didn't put it in production the first time I installed.

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Database migrations to heroku don't work

I've been trying to migrate my database to heroku, without success. I have added a few more users to my database and when trying to log them in with email address and password on my heroku app, I get invalid email/password error, even though this works perfectly fine on my local server. NO errors at all when doing all the steps described below.
As suggested in a previous post, I've tried the following:
Made changes to local code
Ran any migrations LOCALLY - I used bundle exec rake db:migrate
Added all changed files to Git git add -A
Commit all added files to git git commit -m "Adding features"
Pushed the changes to Heroku git push heroku master
Ran heroku run rake db:migrate
After I run this I get:
astelvida:~/workspace/sample_app (master) $ heroku run rake db:migrate
Running rake db:migrate on ⬢ shrouded-ravine-80000... up, run.2794
ActiveRecord::SchemaMigration Load (0.8ms)
SELECT "schema_migrations".* FROM "schema_migrations"
Following migrations do heroku restart
I've also checked my .sqlite3 file to check that the new users actually exist in the database.
I've also tried this: $ bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
I've also updated my gemfile.lock.
My gems in dev & production:
group :development, :test do
gem 'sqlite3', '1.3.9'
gem 'byebug', '3.4.0'
gem 'web-console', '2.0.0.beta3'
gem 'spring', '1.1.3'
end
group :production do
gem 'pg', '0.17.1'
gem 'rails_12factor', '0.0.2'
gem 'puma', '3.1.0'
end
Note: I run bundle install --without production, however this is how I've always been using it, and the login data works for some of the users i've created in the past. Also I'm using rails 4.2.2.
Ok... let's get something clear here.
Rake db:migrate doesn't migrate the data of the database. It runs all migrations (Table creations, updates, etc) so that the database structure is the same, however the data isn't! It's a fresh new database with the same structure.
What you're doing is making sure your PG database has the same structure as your sqlite3 database and it does. But if you want to pass the data from one to another It's gonna be hard i would say. You have to create a dump file from your sqlite 3 database, change it to pg and run in your heroku app.
Here is a question about it.
Convert SQLITE SQL dump file to POSTGRESQL

How to debug "database does not exist" error in test suite?

I recently set up a Rails dev environment on a new machine. I'm now trying to run an app's test suite, but keep getting database errors.
Failure/Error: user = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
PG::ConnectionBad:
FATAL: database "test-db" does not exist
My database.yml file is set up correctly. I've run psql -l and test-db does in fact exist, and this is confirmed by running rake db:create where I get an 'already exists' message.
I've run rake db:migrate and rake:test:prepare, but the error still remains.
My test set up is as follows
group :test do
gem 'rspec-rails'
gem 'factory_girl_rails'
gem 'capybara'
gem 'guard-rspec'
gem 'spork-rails'
gem 'guard-spork'
end
I'm having no trouble with the development database.
Why am I getting a db does not exist error, and what can I do to debug this?
Try running this first:
rake db:create
I'll add the solution that helped me (should someone come across this). I had to run:
bundle exec rake db:setup
This re-creates a database and runs any migrations.
After a lot of trial and error, I finally managed to get the test database working. Leaving the following here in case anyone else runs into this issue.
The issue was either an incorrect username in database.yml (While I did change these values, I don't think this was the cause as both development and test were using the same username previously).
Or a small spelling mistake in a config var set up elsewhere ENV["DATABASE_URL"] = "postgres://localhost/test_db". This should have been test-db.

Gem is not checked out. Please run `bundle install` in Heroku

I have this configuration in my Gemfile:
group :test do
# ...
gem "shoulda-matchers", :git => "git://github.com/watu/shoulda-matchers.git", :branch => "do_not_load_minitest"
end
which works fine locally, but when I push to Heroku, when I try to run rake db:migrate, I get this error:
git://github.com/watu/shoulda-matchers.git (at do_not_load_minitest) is not checked out. Please run bundle install
Indeed I don't see it in the output of bundle install being run on Heroku, maybe because it's on the test group and Heroku is not installing the test group. But then, why is it complaining when I run rake db:migrate? should it run in staging env?
I tried switching to the http url and all I got is the same error with another URL:
https://github.com/watu/shoulda-matchers.git (at do_not_load_minitest) is not checked out. Please run bundle install
Moving the line outside the :test group workarounded the problem. What's the proper solution?
If you don't really need that gem (since it is in :test group), you can add this configuration to your app:
heroku config:add BUNDLE_WITHOUT="development:test" --app <your_app>

heroku rake db:migrate rake aborted! unable to open database

I am currently making my way through the Ruby on Rails tutorial over at http://ruby.railstutorial.org/ and I am trying to migrate the demo_app database to heroku.
heroku rake db:migrate
rake aborted!
unable to open database file
I have read on other stackoverflow posts that some people fixed this by entering
group :production, :staging do
gem "pg"
end
group :development, :test do
gem "sqlite3-ruby", "~> 1.3.0", :require => "sqlite3"
end
in the gemfile. I also entered it into my gemfile and then deleted my old gemfile.lock and redid my bundle install AND rake db:migrate command. I am still receiving the same error.
I am obviously brand new to ruby, rails and heroku but I understand that the problem seems to be that I am using sqlite locally and postgresql in production (on heroku). Do I now have to install this postgresql onto my machine and then RE-migrate the DB? I am afraid I will not be able to get much more out of the tutorials (or ruby on rails itself) if I cannot use heroku.
Kill it!
I was having the same problem and found no solutions. I think something we are doing in those tutorials is leading us to mangle the database.yml file that heroku generates.
I ended up destroying my heroku app
heroku destroy
and then creating a new one, pushing a fresh copy, and running
heroku create
git push heroku master
heroku rakedb:migrate
This time everything worked fine! Just make sure you have the pg gem in your gemfile for production
group :production do
gem "pg"
end
and add config/database.yml to your .gitignore file too for good measure.
or if it's working ok locally do a heroku db:push to magically put your local sqlite DB into Heroku's postgresql db.
I always work with the same DB platform locally just so I don't run into any differences (usually only when you start doing DB specific SQL) so I run Postgresql locally too.
Had the same problem... with Heroku interface... ran:
heroku rake db:migrate --trace
and found the problem to be with faker, not being found...Since 'faker' in our Gemfile is loaded in the development group, I loaded it in the production group as well.
saved Gemfile
bundle install
git add .
git commit -m "fixed faker"
git push
git heroku push
heroku rake db:migrate
heroku rake db:populate
now everything works...the QUESTION, now is what to do with 100 users on my production site?
At least I can continue with Hartl's tutorial!!

Rails 3 app deployment, Bundler & Rake issues

Deploying a Rails3 app, and am having some issues getting rake to find the gems installed by 'bundle install --deployment':
$ rake db:migrate
(in /home/jrdev/rails/testapp)
rake aborted!
!!! Missing the mysql2 gem. Add it to your Gemfile: gem ‘mysql2’
But, that gem in is the Gemfile, and is also in the vendor/bundle folder…
$ bundle show mysql2
/home/jrdev/rails/testapp/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.2.6
My .gemrc file:
gemhome: /home/jrdev/.gems
gempath:
- /home/jrdev/.gems
- /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8
I thought rails3 apps already had the bundler code to detect which gems to use? I know I'm using the right rake, too (rake db:migrate --trace starts in /home/jrdev/rails/testapp/vendor/bundle/ruby/1.8/bin/rake). Same result using bundler's exec.
:(
Wouldn't you freaking know I solve it a minute after asking.
My database.yml file was still calling the 'mysql' adapter instead of 'mysql2'.
Still, what an OBSCURE error message!
In /home/jrdev/rails/testapp, you should find a file called Gemfile. Look into it and just add the line
gem 'mysql2'
somewhere.

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