Indu RS wrote: > by creating a new migration file using the command "ruby script/generate > migration create_users" and made the appropriate changes like > "add_column :users,:password,:string" in that file, an error is occuring > like "Another file named 001_create_users.rb already exists". Try to name your migration after what it is doing, e.g: ./script/generate migration AddPasswordToUserModel Don't know why you get the error you do, but naming migrations more uniquely should at least avoid it :) H!