# Help! Made "search&replace" in whole app, nothing works anym

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-made-search-replace-in-whole-app-nothing-works-anym/119287>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 5, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-made-search-replace-in-whole-app-nothing-works-anym/119287 "2007-11-05T20:22:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-made-search-replace-in-whole-app-nothing-works-anym/119287/1 "2007-11-05T20:22:58Z")

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Hi

Me silly coder kid have done a Search&Replace over the whole project,  
and since I’m always getting a 505 error when trying to access my  
project! ☹

My development.log tells me:

dump format error(0x68)  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/pstore.rb:354:in `load' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/pstore.rb:354:in`load’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/pstore.rb:307:in `transaction' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/cgi_ext/pstore_performance_fix.rb:26:in`initialize’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/cgi/session.rb:273:in `new' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/cgi/session.rb:273:in`initialize’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action\_controller/cgi\_process.rb:132:in  
`new' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb:132:in`session’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action\_controller/cgi\_process.rb:164:in  
`stale_session_check!' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/cgi_process.rb:116:in`session’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:1058:in  
`assign_shortcuts_without_flash' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/flash.rb:140:in`assign\_shortcuts’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:429:in  
`process_without_filters' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:684:in`process\_without\_session\_management\_support’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action\_controller/session\_management.rb:114:in  
`process' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.13.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:334:in`process’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.5/lib/dispatcher.rb:41:in  
`dispatch' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.5/lib/webrick_server.rb:113:in`handle\_dispatch’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.5/lib/webrick\_server.rb:79:in  
`service' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in`service’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in`start\_thread’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in`start\_thread’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in`each’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in`start’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.5/lib/webrick_server.rb:63:in`dispatch’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.5/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:59  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem_original_require' /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:495:in  
`require' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in`new\_constants\_in’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:495:in  
`require' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.5/lib/commands/server.rb:39 /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`gem\_original\_require’  
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`require’  
script/server:3

What can I do? I’m absolutely in fear that I’ve broken anything…!  
Please help.

Thanks  
Josh

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**Author:** ![josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-made-search-replace-in-whole-app-nothing-works-anym/119287/2 "2007-11-05T21:32:02Z")

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Well it can’t load your session. Maybe you searched and replaced  
inside the session files too ? I’d try clearing your your sessions.

Fred

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**Author:** ![josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 11:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-made-search-replace-in-whole-app-nothing-works-anym/119287/3 "2007-11-05T23:38:14Z")

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Frederick C. wrote:

> Well it can’t load your session. Maybe you searched and replaced  
> inside the session files too ? I’d try clearing your your sessions.
> 
> Fred

Hrm I use ActiveRecord sessions…? Shouldn’t be a problem, could it?  
Anyway, how can I clear the sessions?

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**Author:** ![josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-made-search-replace-in-whole-app-nothing-works-anym/119287/4 "2007-11-06T15:00:47Z")

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The best way to clear your sessions (if you are using AR session) is  
to go to your app root and run  
rake db:sessions:clear

This should do the trick

On Nov 5, 10:38 pm, Joshua M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/45deac/32.png) [@josh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/josh)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-made-search-replace-in-whole-app-nothing-works-anym/119287/5 "2007-11-05T23:43:06Z")

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On 5 Nov 2007, at 22:38, Joshua M. wrote:

> Frederick C. wrote:
> 
> > Well it can’t load your session. Maybe you searched and replaced  
> > inside the session files too ? I’d try clearing your your sessions.
> > 
> > Fred
> 
> Hrm I use ActiveRecord sessions…? Shouldn’t be a problem, could it?  
> Anyway, how can I clear the sessions?

In that case no but If you’ve got model objects in your session it’s  
still worth a go. Just delete everything from the sessions table.

Fred
