How to solve NoMethod error in ROR-4 - ruby

Question

Please help me to solve the following error. When I typed rake db:create in ruby cmd i got such type of error.
Error:
rake aborted!
NoMethodError: undefined method `each' for #<String:0x1a1af20>
Tasks: TOP => db:create => db:load_config
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
My database.yml and gem file is given below.
config/database.yml
# MySQL. Versions 5.0+ are recommended.
#
# Install the MYSQL driver
# gem install mysql2
#
# Ensure the MySQL gem is defined in your Gemfile
# gem 'mysql2'
#
# And be sure to use new-style password hashing:
# http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/old-client.html
#
default:&default
adapter:mysql2
encoding:utf8
pool:5
username:root
password:pass
host:localhost
development:<<:*default
database:mysqlapp_development
# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
# Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
test:<<:*default
database:mysqlapp_test
# As with config/secrets.yml, you never want to store sensitive information,
# like your database password, in your source code. If your source code is
# ever seen by anyone, they now have access to your database.
#
# Instead, provide the password as a unix environment variable when you boot
# the app. Read http://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#configuring-a-database
# for a full rundown on how to provide these environment variables in a
# production deployment.
#
# On Heroku and other platform providers, you may have a full connection URL
# available as an environment variable. For example:
#
# DATABASE_URL="mysql2://myuser:mypass#localhost/somedatabase"
#
# You can use this database configuration with:
#
# production:
# url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'] %>
#
production:<<:*default
database:mysqlapp_production
username:mysqlapp
password:<%= ENV['MYSQLAPP_DATABASE_PASSWORD'] %>
Gemfile
source 'https://rubygems.org'
# Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails'
gem 'rails', '4.2.0'
# Use mysql as the database for Active Record
gem 'mysql2'
# Use SCSS for stylesheets
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 5.0'
# Use Uglifier as compressor for JavaScript assets
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
# Use CoffeeScript for .coffee assets and views
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.1.0'
# See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#readme for more supported runtimes
# gem 'therubyracer', platforms: :ruby
# Use jquery as the JavaScript library
gem 'jquery-rails'
# Turbolinks makes following links in your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/rails/turbolinks
gem 'turbolinks'
# Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder
gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.0'
# bundle exec rake doc:rails generates the API under doc/api.
gem 'sdoc', '~> 0.4.0', group: :doc
# Use ActiveModel has_secure_password
# gem 'bcrypt', '~> 3.1.7'
# Use Unicorn as the app server
# gem 'unicorn'
# Use Capistrano for deployment
# gem 'capistrano-rails', group: :development
group :development, :test do
# Call 'debugger' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console
gem 'debugger'
# Access an IRB console on exception pages or by using <%= console %> in views
gem 'web-console', '~> 2.0'
end
# Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem
gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw, :jruby]
As I am new to ROR please help to solve this error and run the command successfully.I am using ruby version-1.9.3 and Rails version 4.0.2.

Answer 1

For me, it was a mistakenly uncommented comment line in the database.yml. For you, the format of your database.yml seems not right. Try and change the format of the following sections.
Replace
development:<<:*default
database:mysqlapp_development
with
development:
<<:*default
database:mysqlapp_development