Getting config.eager_load is set to nil while trying to run rails c in test

Question

I'm trying to run the rails (4.1.2) console

rails c RAILS_ENV=test

And I'm getting this:

> config.eager_load is set to nil. Please update your
> config/environments/*.rb files accordingly:
> 
>   * development - set it to false   * test - set it to false (unless
> you use a tool that preloads your test environment)   * production -
> set it to true
> 
> /Users/xxxxxx/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.2/gems/activerecord-4.1.12/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/connection_specification.rb:257:in
> `resolve_symbol_connection': 'RAILS_ENV=test' database is not
> configured. Available: ["development", "test", "production"]
> (ActiveRecord::AdapterNotSpecified)

Yet in my test.rb I have config.eager_load = false and my database.yml is ok (I ran rake db:schema:load RAILS_ENV=test without issues.

How can I solve this?

Answer 1

You need to declare the env before you run the commands:

RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rails c

I get the same output on my computer:

> bundle exec rails c RAILS_ENV=test                                                                                                               ian@Ians-MacBook-Pro
config.eager_load is set to nil. Please update your config/environments/*.rb files accordingly:

  * development - set it to false
  * test - set it to false (unless you use a tool that preloads your test environment)
  * production - set it to true

but when I run as suggested:

> RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rails c                                                                                                               ian@Ians-MacBook-Pro
Loading test environment (Rails 4.2.3)