# "Desc " failed, does it exist? error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desc-failed-does-it-exist-error/133894>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 4, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desc-failed-does-it-exist-error/133894 "2008-04-04T18:29:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![parki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@parki](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/parki)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/desc-failed-does-it-exist-error/133894/1 "2008-04-04T18:29:16Z")

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I am getting the following Runtime error when I first log onto my  
application:

"Desc " failed, does it exist? error

Notice the space after Desc…not a typo…it appears it is losing  
tablename somehow when attempting the Desc. Once I refresh the browser,  
the page comes up fine.

I found information regarding Ticket #11134…however the error still  
persists after applying the changes to oracle\_adapter.rb and rebooting  
the Mongrel cluster. I’ve tried setting allow\_concurrency to both true  
and false and no difference. This only happens running Mongrel cluster,  
if I run one instance of Mongrel everything works fine. We are running  
Rails 1.2.5 with Mongrel cluster 1.0.4. Any suggestions?

Thanks,  
Brian