# Application error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/115602>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 26, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/115602 "2007-09-26T18:40:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Ruby\_Newby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Ruby\_Newby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruby_Newby)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/115602/1 "2007-09-26T18:40:47Z")

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What could possibly cause this error:

Application error  
Rails application failed to start properly"

When I load a controller in a browser?

I have created the controller, model, and view; created the database  
table, and updated database.yml.

Thanks,  
Chris

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**Author:** ![Ruby\_Newby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Ruby\_Newby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruby_Newby)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/115602/2 "2007-09-26T18:46:04Z")

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Hi Chris

Did you install Rails with no error message.  
If you are in Windows, there is a one-click installer available

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**Author:** ![Ruby\_Newby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Ruby\_Newby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruby_Newby)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/115602/3 "2007-09-26T18:46:23Z")

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Probably something in your environment.rb. Check your log files. Can  
also be stuff like it not being able to create sessions etc…

Fred

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**Author:** ![Ruby\_Newby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Ruby\_Newby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruby_Newby)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/115602/4 "2007-09-26T18:53:45Z")

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Thanks, CCH. I didn’t install rails. This is hosted at [Site5.com](http://Site5.com).

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**Author:** ![Ruby\_Newby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Ruby\_Newby](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Ruby_Newby)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/application-error/115602/5 "2007-09-26T18:59:01Z")

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Thanks, Frederick!

My server.log, production.log, and test.log are all empty. My  
development.log has contents describing the “rake db:migrate” command  
results. I don’t see any obvious errors.

Thanks,  
Chris