From 61425f2c6d14fe7151b09ffe5a5353924582e5b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gaurish Sharma <contact@gaurishsharma.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:18:28 +0530
Subject: Better Error handling when parsing database.yaml

Provides a better error message incase the database.yaml
has some errors.
---
 railties/lib/rails/application/configuration.rb | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

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
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