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-rw-r--r--railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
index f97e66985c..89afeaeec5 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ module Rails
def database_configuration
require 'erb'
YAML.load ERB.new(IO.read(paths["config/database"].first)).result
+ rescue Psych::SyntaxError => e
+ raise "YAML syntax error occurred while parsing #{paths["config/database"].first}. " \
+ "Please note that YAML must be consistently indented using spaces. Tabs are not allowed. " \
+ "Error: #{e.message}"
end
def log_level