# Dreamhost Rails application issues

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-rails-application-issues/92211>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 17, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-rails-application-issues/92211 "2007-04-17T05:33:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-rails-application-issues/92211/1 "2007-04-17T05:33:25Z")

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I set up my application and I get the following error: I googled it and  
some people mentioned that my database can be emty. Its not though.

undefined method `downcase' for nil:NilClass /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/request.rb:18:in`method’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:933:in  
`log_processing' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:407:in`process\_without\_filters’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:377:in  
`process_without_session_management_support' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:117:in`process’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/dispatcher.rb:38:in  
`dispatch' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:150:in`process\_request’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/fcgi\_handler.rb:54:in  
`process!' /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/fcgi.rb:594:in`each\_cgi’  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/fcgi\_handler.rb:53:in  
`process!' /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.1.6/lib/fcgi_handler.rb:23:in`process!’  
/home/dawie/ishopr.com/public/dispatch.fcgi:3

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**Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-rails-application-issues/92211/2 "2007-04-17T15:36:25Z")

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I don’t think your DB is empty here but rather one attribute on your  
table.  
I can’t determine anything from the error message but that’s what it  
seems  
like to me.

RSL

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-rails-application-issues/92211/3 "2007-05-30T07:43:26Z")

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I have the same problem?

did you find a solution???

cheers

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 10:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-rails-application-issues/92211/4 "2007-05-30T10:10:43Z")

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i’m a beginner, so not sure, but check your config file againstthe  
rails server version. i think dreamhost is on 1.22. seems like u on  
1.16  
try rails -v from console

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**Post date:** [May 30, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/dreamhost-rails-application-issues/92211/5 "2007-05-30T11:16:53Z")

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fixed: I have seen this ages ago, but the error message was never so  
spurious

the problem was dispatch.rb and .fcgi

you need to either create them locally on the dreamhost (linux) box

or run dos2unix on them