# Cannot use "Application" as a model? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 25, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-use-application-as-a-model/154106 "2008-11-25T13:32:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@tick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tick)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-use-application-as-a-model/154106/1 "2008-11-25T13:32:20Z")
I tried creating an application that has an “Application” model. This seems to collide with the “ApplicationController” defined in application.rb. For example… rails appgoboom cd appgoboom script/generate scaffold Application name:string script/console Loading development environment (Rails 2.2.2) > > Application.find(:all) > > LoadError: Expected /home/rkrueger/source/rails/appgoboom/app/ > > controllers/application.rb to define Application > > from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/ > > active\_support/dependencies.rb:428:in `load_missing_constant' from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:77:in`const\_missing’ > > from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/ > > active\_support/dependencies.rb:89:in `const\_missing’ > > from (irb):1 I get the same error when running the application using script/server: “Expected /home/rkrueger/source/rails/appgoboom/app/controllers/ application.rb to define Application” I’ve been trying to go through the thesaurus in my head to find other names to use than “Application”, but honestly Application is what I want. Everything else sounds lame… ---
**Author:** ![tick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@tick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tick)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-use-application-as-a-model/154106/2 "2008-11-25T15:38:05Z")
> That’s about right. Because there is an application.rb in an > appropriate place in the search path Rails may find that file and try > to load it first. While you might be able to fiddle with those so that > rails found your model class first that would then probably screw > things up when Rails is actually looking for ApplicationController. > You might be able to get round this by just explicitly loading your > model rather than relying on the magical loading Lame! 😛 Thanks for the tip Frederick, would you be able to clue me into where I can read about doing that? I’m too new at this to know how to do anything other than “magical loading” heh. > Wait for Rails 2.3 where ApplicationController will live in > application\_controller.rb 🙂 Yeah thought about that, I wasn’t sure if Edge was too shaky right now to try and jump on that though. ---
**Author:** ![tick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@tick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tick)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-use-application-as-a-model/154106/3 "2008-11-25T13:35:53Z")
On Nov 25, 12:14 pm, Ray K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I tried creating an application that has an “Application” model. This > seems to collide with the “ApplicationController” defined in > application.rb. That’s about right. Because there is an application.rb in an appropriate place in the search path Rails may find that file and try to load it first. While you might be able to fiddle with those so that rails found your model class first that would then probably screw things up when Rails is actually looking for ApplicationController. You might be able to get round this by just explicitly loading your model rather than relying on the magical loading Wait for Rails 2.3 where ApplicationController will live in application\_controller.rb 🙂 Fred ---
**Author:** ![tick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@tick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tick)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/cannot-use-application-as-a-model/154106/4 "2008-11-25T15:41:01Z")
On 25 Nov 2008, at 14:37, Ray K. wrote: > Lame! 😛 > > Thanks for the tip Frederick, would you be able to clue me into where > I can read about doing that? > I’m too new at this to know how to do anything other than “magical > loading” heh. Put your model class in something called not application.rb. Then use require\_dependency to require that file. Where exactly you do that is up for some debate but you could start with the bottom of application.rb (as in where ApplicationController sits) Fred