Good afternoon, I’m having serious troubles getting my database back up and running. I

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Asked: June 6, 20262026-06-06T00:50:50+00:00 2026-06-06T00:50:50+00:00

Good afternoon, I’m having serious troubles getting my database back up and running. I

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Good afternoon,

I’m having serious troubles getting my database back up and running. I dropped my tables earlier this week (wanted to rebuild) and am having all kinds of problems.

I have done the following:

rake db:drop:all
rake db:create:all
rake db:migrate

I get the following error (will put full stack trace at the bottom):

PG::Error: ERROR:  relation "users" does not exist
LINE 4:              WHERE a.attrelid = '"users"'::regclass
                                        ^
:             SELECT a.attname, format_type(a.atttypid, a.atttypmod), d.adsrc, a.attnotnull
              FROM pg_attribute a LEFT JOIN pg_attrdef d
                ON a.attrelid = d.adrelid AND a.attnum = d.adnum
             WHERE a.attrelid = '"users"'::regclass
               AND a.attnum > 0 AND NOT a.attisdropped
             ORDER BY a.attnum

Authlogic is the issue here. The only reason I was able to see this error (the real error) was because I hid the authlogic error:

You must establish a database connection before using acts_as_authentic

As suggested in this post: Stack overflow thread

User migration:

class CreateUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def change
    create_table :users do |t|
      t.string    :name,               :null => false
      t.string    :email,               :null => false
      t.string    :plan, :default => "basic"
      t.boolean   :verified, :default => false
      t.boolean   :admin, :default => false
      t.integer   :selected_portfolio_id
      t.datetime  :last_email_at
      t.hstore    :data

      t.string    :crypted_password,    :null => false
      t.string    :password_salt,       :null => false
      t.string    :persistence_token,   :null => false
      t.string    :perishable_token,    :null => false

      # magic fields (all optional, see Authlogic::Session::MagicColumns)
      t.integer   :login_count,         :null => false, :default => 0
      t.integer   :failed_login_count,  :null => false, :default => 0
      t.datetime  :last_request_at
      t.datetime  :current_login_at
      t.datetime  :last_login_at
      t.string    :current_login_ip
      t.string    :last_login_ip

      # optional, see Authlogic::Session::Params
      #t.string    :single_access_token, :null => false  
      t.timestamps
    end

    add_index :users, ["email"], :name => "index_users_on_email", :unique => true
    add_index :users, ["persistence_token"], :name => "index_users_on_persistence_token", :unique => true
  end
end

Why is authlogic trying to load up on a database migration? I’m assuming this has to be the problem…. Full stack trace:

/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.    6/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1151:in `async_exec'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.    6/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1151:in `exec_no_cache'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.    6/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:664:in `block in exec_query'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.    6/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:280:in `block in log'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.    rb:20:in `instrument'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.    6/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:275:in `log'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.    6/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:663:in `exec_query'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.    6/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1276:in `column_definitions'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.    6/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:859:in `columns'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.    6/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/schema_cache.rb:12:in `block in initialize'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.6/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:228:in `yield'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.6/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:228:in     `default'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.6/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:228:in     `columns'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.6/lib/active_record/model_schema.rb:248:in     `column_names'
/Users/brandon/Documents/authlogic/lib/authlogic/acts_as_authentic/base.rb:67:in `db_setup?'
/Users/brandon/Documents/authlogic/lib/authlogic/acts_as_authentic/base.rb:31:in `acts_as_authentic'
/Users/brandon/Dropbox/code/myapp/app/models/user_related/user.rb:14:in `<class:User>'
/Users/brandon/Dropbox/code/myapp/app/models/user_related/user.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:469:in `load'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:469:in     `block in load_file'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:639:in     `new_constants_in'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:468:in     `load_file'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:353:in     `require_or_load'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:502:in     `load_missing_constant'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:192:in     `block in const_missing'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:190:in `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:190:in     `const_missing'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb:229:in     `block in constantize'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb:228:in     `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb:228:in     `constantize'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.    rb:54:in `constantize'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activemodel-3.2.6/lib/active_model/observing.rb:189:in `block in     observe'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activemodel-3.2.6/lib/active_model/observing.rb:189:in `collect!'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activemodel-3.2.6/lib/active_model/observing.rb:189:in `observe'
/Users/brandon/Dropbox/code/myapp/app/models/user_related/user_observer.rb:2:in `<class:UserObserver>'
/Users/brandon/Dropbox/code/myapp/app/models/user_related/user_observer.rb:1:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:469:in `load'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:469:in     `block in load_file'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:639:in     `new_constants_in'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:468:in     `load_file'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:353:in     `require_or_load'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:502:in     `load_missing_constant'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:192:in     `block in const_missing'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:190:in `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:190:in     `const_missing'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb:229:in     `block in constantize'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb:228:in     `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/inflector/methods.rb:228:in     `constantize'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/inflections.    rb:54:in `constantize'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activemodel-3.2.6/lib/active_model/observing.rb:86:in     `instantiate_observer'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activemodel-3.2.6/lib/active_model/observing.rb:59:in `block in     instantiate_observers'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activemodel-3.2.6/lib/active_model/observing.rb:59:in `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activemodel-3.2.6/lib/active_model/observing.rb:59:in     `instantiate_observers'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.6/lib/active_record/railtie.rb:117:in `block (2     levels) in <class:Railtie>'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:36:in     `instance_eval'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:36:in     `execute_hook'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:26:in     `block in on_load'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:25:in     `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:25:in     `on_load'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activerecord-3.2.6/lib/active_record/railtie.rb:116:in `block in <    class:Railtie>'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:34:in     `call'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:34:in     `execute_hook'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:43:in     `block in run_load_hooks'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:42:in     `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/lazy_load_hooks.rb:42:in     `run_load_hooks'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/railties-3.2.6/lib/rails/application/finisher.rb:59:in `block in <    module:Finisher>'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/railties-3.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in `instance_exec'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/railties-3.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in `run'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/railties-3.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:55:in `block in     run_initializers'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/railties-3.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:54:in `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/railties-3.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:54:in `run_initializers'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/railties-3.2.6/lib/rails/application.rb:136:in `initialize!'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/railties-3.2.6/lib/rails/railtie/configurable.rb:30:in     `method_missing'
/Users/brandon/Dropbox/code/myapp/config/environment.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in     `require'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in     `block in require'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:236:in     `load_dependency'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/activesupport-3.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:251:in     `require'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/railties-3.2.6/lib/rails/application.rb:103:in     `require_environment!'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@myapp/gems/railties-3.2.6/lib/rails/application.rb:292:in `block (2 levels) in     initialize_tasks'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:205:in `call'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:205:in `block in execute'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:200:in `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:200:in `execute'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:158:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:211:in `mon_synchronize'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:151:in `invoke_with_call_chain'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:176:in `block in invoke_prerequisites'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:174:in `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:174:in `invoke_prerequisites'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:157:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/monitor.rb:211:in `mon_synchronize'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:151:in `invoke_with_call_chain'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:144:in `invoke'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:116:in `invoke_task'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:94:in `block (2 levels) in top_level'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:94:in `each'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:94:in `block in top_level'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:133:in `standard_exception_handling'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:88:in `top_level'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:66:in `block in run'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:133:in `standard_exception_handling'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:63:in `run'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/gems/rake-0.9.2.2/bin/rake:33:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/bin/rake:19:in `load'
/Users/brandon/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194@global/bin/rake:19:in `<main>'
Tasks: TOP => db:migrate => environment

UPDATE 1

I was able to solve this problem by commenting out “acts as authentic”, migrating the database, then reapplying. While it is a bandaid, it doesn’t seem right. How can I properly fix this?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-06T00:50:52+00:00

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2026-06-06T00:50:52+00:00Added an answer on June 6, 2026 at 12:50 am

I had to do this to get it to work:

Object.const_defined?("User")

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