# Debugger dumps me into irb, not rdb

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugger-dumps-me-into-irb-not-rdb/122309>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 6, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugger-dumps-me-into-irb-not-rdb/122309 "2007-12-06T13:48:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![gavin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@gavin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gavin)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugger-dumps-me-into-irb-not-rdb/122309/1 "2007-12-06T13:48:53Z")

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I just got on edge rails. When I call debugger from my code, I get  
dumped into irb, not rdb. Why’s that?

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**Author:** ![gavin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@gavin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gavin)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugger-dumps-me-into-irb-not-rdb/122309/2 "2007-12-06T19:02:45Z")

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bump… help!

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**Author:** ![gavin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/439d5e/32.png) [@gavin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gavin)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/debugger-dumps-me-into-irb-not-rdb/122309/3 "2007-12-07T18:32:29Z")

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On 12/6/07, Gavin [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I just got on edge rails. When I call debugger from my code, I get  
> dumped into irb, not rdb. Why’s that?  
> –~–~---------~–~----~------------~-------~–~----~

I’m not sure why it happens, I just tried this feature of edge myself,  
but I noticed that when you get the irb prompt you can enter exit and  
get the rdb prompt.

Wierd.

–  
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby  
[http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/)