To update: I put my old database.yml file back in and I can now access my database and the app is running again, but I can't run a migration due to the expired password.
Is this invalid password going to be overwritten eventually with a new one so I can continue development? On May 19, 2:07 pm, cutter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran into the same problem. I ended up creating a new app, > transferring everything over to it, and killing the old app just > to get a working database.yml file. > > One suggestion for the Heroku guys: don't allow users to overwrite or > delete the database.yml file. > > As far as I can tell, if you mess up your database.yml, you're dead in > the water unless you have a real recent copy. > I overwrote my database.yml accidentally and the old password didn't > work so my migration failed. In my brilliance, I deleted the > database.yml file hoping a new one would be created or I didn't need > one. Nope. Now I can't seem to revert to an earlier snapshot or access > my > data and I can't help but suspect these problems are tied to this same > file. > > On May 19, 11:00 am, crisb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > hi there > > > i wanted to try out the yaml_db plugin to dump my data. > > but when i run it its complaining that there is no database.yml. > > of course i dont know the access data for the db. > > > does one of you guys know what to do to get it working? > > > (btw: some people are talking about an heroku irc channel. googled it > > but couldnt find any relevant information. does this channel still > > exist?) > > > regards, > > chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Heroku" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/heroku?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
