Question

rake db:migrate is failing on my production server, the error is:

Mysql2::Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'String' at line 1: 'ALTER TABLE looks' ADD 'code' String

My migration code is:

class AddCodeToLook < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
    add_column :looks, :code, :String #failing line
  end

  def self.down
    remove_column :looks, :code
  end
end

Answer 1

Try :string and not :String