# Connection refused - connect(2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 11, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connection-refused-connect-2/194811 "2010-09-11T06:10:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anthonys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@anthonys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anthonys)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connection-refused-connect-2/194811/1 "2010-09-11T06:10:12Z")
I got this error this evening while running my specs: Connection refused - connect(2) I’m running under test/development and I’m using SQLite3. I didn’t have this issue yesterday and my code hasn’t changed since then. I looked around and people are saying that it’s a DB connection problem (which would make sense). However, I’m using SQLite3 so I don’t understand why it would have connection issues. I’ve restarted my machine, re-migrated my databases and nothing seems to work. The error comes up even if I try to do database operations manually in rails console. I’m currently using Ruby 1.9.2 and Rails 3.0.0. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![anthonys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@anthonys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anthonys)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connection-refused-connect-2/194811/2 "2010-09-11T19:06:12Z")
are you using rvm? On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Anthony S. ---
**Author:** ![anthonys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@anthonys](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/anthonys)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/connection-refused-connect-2/194811/3 "2010-09-11T19:56:33Z")
It was a Sunspot issue. Thanks for the response though!