Q:

Rails migration failed with an error syntax

I am very new to rails an d I have this in my model 
PreGit::Application.routes.draw do

  resources :microposts
  resources :users

  match '/help',    to:'static_pages#help'
  match '/about',   to:'static_pages#about'
  match '/contact', to:'static_pages#contact'

  root_path => '/'
  root_url => 'http://localhost:3000/'

end

But when running bundle exec rake db:migrate I get that : 
syntax error, unexpected tSYMBEG, expecting kDO or '{' or '('
  match '/help',    to:'static_pages#help'
                    ^

Someone could help

A:

It seems like this is not a Rails issue but a Ruby version issue.
In Ruby 1.8.x the hash syntax was 
:to => static_pages#help'

but Ruby 1.9.x supports 
to:'static_pages#help'

so probably you are trying to run an app developed under Ruby 1.9.x under your Ruby 1.8.x 
Try running the same app under Ruby 1.9.x
If you are using rvm then try this 
rvm list #will list all your ruby versions
If you have ruby 1.9.x installed 
rvm use ruby-1.9.x

