# Exception Notification

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exception-notification/195554>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 25, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exception-notification/195554 "2010-09-25T01:20:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exception-notification/195554/1 "2010-09-25T01:20:38Z")

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I am using the the exception notification plugin for rails version 2.3

This is what I have in my environment.rb file  
ExceptionNotification::Notifier.exception\_recipients =  
%w(removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid)

In my app controller…

```
include ExceptionNotification::Notifiable

```

After installation when I start the server I get the following error

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:443:in `load_missing_constant' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:80:in`const\_missing’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:92:in `const_missing' /home/myusername/Apps/myapp/config/environment.rb:115 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/ initializer.rb:111:in`run’  
/home/myusername/Apps/myapp/config/environment.rb:10  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:  
31:in `gem_original_require' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 31:in`require’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in`new\_constants\_in’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/commands/ server.rb:84 /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 31:in`gem\_original\_require’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:  
31:in `require' ./script/server:3 /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.9/lib/ ruby-debug-ide.rb:109:in`debug\_load’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.9/lib/  
ruby-debug-ide.rb:109:in `debug_program' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.9/bin/ rdebug-ide:87 /usr/local/bin/rdebug-ide:19:in`load’  
/usr/local/bin/rdebug-ide:19  
Uncaught exception: uninitialized constant ExceptionNotification

When I launch the irb console it says…

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/  
active\_support/dependencies.rb:443:in  
`load_missing_constant':NameError: uninitialized constant ExceptionNotification /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:443:in`load\_missing\_constant’:NameError: uninitialized constant  
ApplicationController

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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exception-notification/195554/2 "2010-09-25T21:05:14Z")

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Anyone?

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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 10:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exception-notification/195554/3 "2010-09-26T10:00:42Z")

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On 25 Sep 2010, at 21:04, badnaam wrote:

> > In my app controller…
> > 
> > ```
> > include ExceptionNotification::Notifiable
> > 
> > ```
> > 
> > After installation when I start the server I get the following error
> > 
> > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/  
> > active\_support/dependencies.rb:443:in `load_missing_constant' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:80:in`const\_missing’

It says exception notifier isn’t loaded. You will have to work from  
there to find out why:

- If it’s a gem, you might not have included it in your config.gem  
section
- If it’s a plugin, you might not have installed it into the vendor/  
plugins directory
- â€¦

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/exception-notification/195554/4 "2010-09-28T23:25:49Z")

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I have tried both. Made sure the plugin is installed and the gem  
exception\_notification (2.3.3.0)  
is installed and it’s in my enviornment.rb file as configm.gem  
“exception\_notification”

I followed to documentation to the T.

It’s on rails 2.3.5.
