# Action Controller: Exception caught **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 25, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-controller-exception-caught/121209 "2007-11-25T11:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-controller-exception-caught/121209/1 "2007-11-25T11:22:01Z")
I’m getting: Routing Error no route found to match “/expenses/” with {:method=\>:get} When pointing the browser to [http://localhost:3000/expenses/](http://localhost:3000/expenses/) as per the tutorial at [http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html](http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html). (No, I’m not a Mac user.) Is this due to something I’m doing (code wise) or a configuration of rails or ruby? Google indicates that it may be due to rails configuration, but it seems more likely that I’ve made an error given that I’m learning. At first I thought there was a problem with the database configuration, but that seems fine. My results: # thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ rake db:migrate VERSION=0 --trace (in /home/thufir/rubyCode/expenses) \*\* Invoke db:migrate (first\_time) \*\* Invoke environment (first\_time) \*\* Execute environment \*\* Execute db:migrate == Accounts: reverting # – drop\_table(:accounts) → 0.0701s == Accounts: reverted (0.0707s) \*\* Invoke db:schema:dump (first\_time) \*\* Invoke environment \*\* Execute db:schema:dump thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ mysql --user=root Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 66 Server version: 5.0.44-log Gentoo Linux mysql-5.0.44 Type ‘help;’ or ‘\h’ for help. Type ‘\c’ to clear the buffer. mysql\> use expenses\_development; Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql\> show tables; ±-------------------------------+ | Tables\_in\_expenses\_development | ±-------------------------------+ | schema\_info | ±-------------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) # mysql\> quit Bye thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ rake db:migrate --trace (in /home/thufir/rubyCode/expenses) \*\* Invoke db:migrate (first\_time) \*\* Invoke environment (first\_time) \*\* Execute environment \*\* Execute db:migrate == Accounts: migrating # – create\_table(:accounts) → 0.0166s == Accounts: migrated (0.0172s) \*\* Invoke db:schema:dump (first\_time) \*\* Invoke environment \*\* Execute db:schema:dump thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ mysql --user=root Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 68 Server version: 5.0.44-log Gentoo Linux mysql-5.0.44 Type ‘help;’ or ‘\h’ for help. Type ‘\c’ to clear the buffer. mysql\> use expenses\_development; Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql\> show tables; ±-------------------------------+ | Tables\_in\_expenses\_development | ±-------------------------------+ | accounts | | schema\_info | ±-------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql\> quit Bye thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ cat config/database.yml development: adapter: mysql database: expenses\_development username: root password: host: localhost socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock test: adapter: mysql database: expenses\_test username: root password: host: localhost socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock production: adapter: mysql database: expenses\_production username: root password: host: localhost socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ cat db/migrate/001\_accounts.rb class Accounts \< ActiveRecord::Migration ``` def self.up create_table :accounts do |table| table.column :name, :string table.column :budget, :float end end def self.down drop_table :accounts end ``` end thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ script/server =\> Booting WEBrick… =\> Rails application started on [http://0.0.0.0:3000](http://0.0.0.0:3000) =\> Ctrl-C to shutdown server; call with --help for options [2007-11-25 02:06:58] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1 [2007-11-25 02:06:58] INFO ruby 1.8.6 (2007-09-24) [i686-linux] [2007-11-25 02:06:58] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=20804 port=3000 127.0.0.1 - - [25/Nov/2007:02:07:05 PST] “GET /expenses/ HTTP/1.1” 404 623 - → /expenses/ 127.0.0.1 - - [25/Nov/2007:02:07:35 PST] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 200 7552 - → / 127.0.0.1 - - [25/Nov/2007:02:07:36 PST] “GET /javascripts/prototype.js HTTP/1.1” 200 71260 [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) → /javascripts/prototype.js 127.0.0.1 - - [25/Nov/2007:02:07:36 PST] “GET /javascripts/effects.js HTTP/1.1” 200 38200 [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) → /javascripts/effects.js 127.0.0.1 - - [25/Nov/2007:02:07:36 PST] “GET /images/rails.png HTTP/1.1” 200 1787 [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) → /images/rails.png [2007-11-25 02:07:55] INFO going to shutdown … [2007-11-25 02:07:55] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start done. thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ cat /etc/gentoo-release Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ date Sun Nov 25 02:18:43 PST 2007 thufir@arrakis ~/rubyCode/expenses $ thanks, Thufir ---
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-controller-exception-caught/121209/2 "2007-11-26T05:21:28Z")
You need to just go to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000). The name of your application is expenses, that does not mean you need to add /expenses to the end of your URL. Remove expenses and you should see the rails start page. Delete index.html from your public folder and you should be good to go. Then you should be able to continue with your tutorial. ---
**Author:** ![Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ee7513/32.png) [@Thufir](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Thufir)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/action-controller-exception-caught/121209/3 "2007-11-26T09:23:20Z")
On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:21:28 +0100, Ben J. wrote: > You need to just go to [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000). The name of your > application is expenses, that does not mean you need to add /expenses to > the end of your URL. Remove expenses and you should see the rails start > page. Delete index.html from your public folder and you should be good > to go. Then you should be able to continue with your tutorial. After deleting expenses/public/index.html and going to \ I get: Routing Error no route found to match “/” with {:method=\>:get} Is the tutorial in error? It says: $ script/server Then point your web browser at [http://localhost:3000/expenses](http://localhost:3000/expenses). You should see the web page that lets you create new accounts. [http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html](http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html) Looking for a different tutorial 🙂 -Thufir