1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/sqlite_database_tasks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/sqlite_database_tasks.rb
index da01058a82..9ab64d0325 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/sqlite_database_tasks.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/sqlite_database_tasks.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,14 @@
 module ActiveRecord
   module Tasks # :nodoc:
     class SQLiteDatabaseTasks # :nodoc:
-
       delegate :connection, :establish_connection, to: ActiveRecord::Base
 
-      def initialize(configuration, root = Rails.root)
+      def initialize(configuration, root = ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks.root)
         @configuration, @root = configuration, root
       end
 
       def create
-        if File.exist?(configuration['database'])
-          $stderr.puts "#{configuration['database']} already exists"
-          return
-        end
+        raise DatabaseAlreadyExists if File.exist?(configuration['database'])
 
         establish_connection configuration
         connection
@@ -25,7 +21,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         FileUtils.rm(file) if File.exist?(file)
       end
-      alias :purge :drop
+
+      def purge
+        drop
+        create
+      end
 
       def charset
         connection.encoding