# Getting Started **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 20, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started/163421 "2009-03-20T06:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elegant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@elegant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elegant)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 6:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started/163421/1 "2009-03-20T06:17:59Z")
Experienced developer here just attacking Ruby on Rails. So, I bought myself a book (Beginning Ruby on Rails - Holzner) and proceeded to follow the tutorial for the first project. I start up Webrick which seems to be working properly. Then, after editing/creating the two simple files per the instructions I point my browser at [http://localhost:3000/app/greeting](http://localhost:3000/app/greeting). Instead of seeing the result I was expecting, I got: # ===================== We’re sorry, but something went wrong. We’ve been notified about this issue and we’ll take a look at it shortly. Now, I’ve actually tried a couple of different tutorials with the same result. When this is displayed in my browser, I also get this webrick logging (below) in the dos box it is running in, but have no idea what it means. Since I’ve been stuck on this a couple days if anyone can point me to an approach to getting past this I will greatly appreciate it. Everything I’ve done with the tutorial seems to have worked correctly through this process – the rails command, the generate controller, starting webrick, all seem straightforward and like they’re working as expected. TIA Dave /!\ FAILSAFE /!\ Fri Mar 20 00:12:27 -0500 2009 Status: 500 Internal Server Error no such file to load – sqlite3 C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:i n `gem_original_require' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:i n `require’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active\_ support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_ support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new\_constants\_in’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active\_ support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_ support/core_ext/kernel/requires.rb:7:in `require\_library\_or\_gem’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active\_ support/core\_ext/kernel/reporting.rb:11:in `silence_warnings' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.2/lib/active_ support/core_ext/kernel/requires.rb:5:in `require\_library\_or\_gem’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_r ecord/connection\_adapters/sqlite3\_adapter.rb:10:in `sqlite3_connection' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_r ecord/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:223:in `send’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_r ecord/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:223:in `new_connection' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_r ecord/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:245:in `checkout\_new\_conne ction’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_r ecord/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:188:in `checkout' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_r ecord/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:184:in `loop’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_r ecord/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:184:in `checkout' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in `synchronize’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_r ecord/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:183:in `checkout' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_r ecord/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:98:in `connection’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_r ecord/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_pool.rb:326:in `retrieve_connectio n' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_r ecord/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:123:in `retrieve\_ connection’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_r ecord/connection\_adapters/abstract/connection\_specification.rb:115:in `connectio n' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_r ecord/query_cache.rb:9:in `cache’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active\_r ecord/query\_cache.rb:28:in `call' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.3.2/lib/active_r ecord/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb:361:in `call’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/head.rb:9:in `call' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/methodoverride.rb:24:in `call’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_con troller/params\_parser.rb:15:in `call' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_con troller/rewindable_input.rb:25:in `call’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_con troller/session/cookie\_store.rb:93:in `call' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_con troller/reloader.rb:9:in `call’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_con troller/failsafe.rb:11:in `call' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/lock.rb:11:in `call’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/lock.rb:11:in `synchronize' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/lock.rb:11:in `call’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_con troller/dispatcher.rb:106:in `call' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/rails/rack/stat ic.rb:31:in `call’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/urlmap.rb:46:in `call' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/urlmap.rb:40:in `each’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/urlmap.rb:40:in `call' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/rails/rack/log_ tailer.rb:17:in `call’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/content\_length.rb:13:in `call' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/handler/webrick.rb:46:in `service’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start_thread' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `each' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.3.2/lib/action\_con troller/vendor/rack-1.0/rack/handler/webrick.rb:13:in `run' C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.2/lib/commands/server .rb:111 C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:i n `gem\_original\_require’ C:/Program Files/ruby/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:31:i n `require’ script/server:3 ---
**Author:** ![elegant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@elegant](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/elegant)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/getting-started/163421/2 "2009-03-20T07:18:58Z")
Quoting David J. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > ===================== > Since I’ve been stuck on this a couple days if anyone can point me to an > Status: 500 Internal Server Error > no such file to load – sqlite3 > [snip] The sqlite3 gem is not installed. This is now the default database adapter. Rails is a fast moving target and tutorials are quickly out of date. It used to be MySQL (at least on Linux and I think MacOS). If you have installed a different database adapter, set the correct value in config\database.yml. Otherwise, install the sqlite3. HTH, Jeffrey