MongoDB won't connect to MongoHQ using Mongoid

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I've just started a brand new rails project and the first task I'm trying to complete is creating an object and having it save within my database. I went through the automated way of generating an object, in this case a URL object as follows: ``` rails generate scaffold Url domain:string ``` I've also tested out two separate mongoid.yml configuration settings. The first is as follows: ``` development: sessions: default: # Defines the name of the default database that Mongoid can connect to. # (required). uri: mongodb://[username]:[password]@flame.mongohq.com:27046/[database] options: consistency: :strong ``` The result of this configuration is that when a query takes place, I get the following error: ``` The operation: #<Moped::Protocol::Query @length=39 @request_id=5 @response_to=0 @op_code=2004 @flags=[] @full_collection_name=".urls" @skip=0 @limit=0 @selector={} @fields=nil> failed with error 13075: "db name can't be empty" ``` I also tested with the following configuration: ``` de…

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This is how my production mongoid.yml looks like ``` <% if ENV['MONGOLAB_URI'] %> <% uri = URI.parse(ENV['MONGOLAB_URI']) %> production: <<: *defaults sessions: default: <<: *default_session database: <%= uri.path.sub('/','') %> username: <%= uri.user %> password: <%= uri.password %> hosts: - <%= uri.host %>:<%= uri.port %> <% end %> ``` and this works for me

MongoDB won't connect to MongoHQ using Mongoid

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