# How to fault find?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-fault-find/53287>\
**Category:** Ruby-Forum\
**Created:** [January 31, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-fault-find/53287 "2006-01-31T10:10:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsmecham)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-fault-find/53287/1 "2006-01-31T10:10:33Z")

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Hi

one section of my forum is reporting an error I can still access threads  
indirectly, what’s the best place to start, I tried looking at the log  
and at the mySQLadmin but not sure where to start. Suggestions? - It is  
the section on rails that has stopped working!

What should I be looking for sorry - very much learning backend as I go.

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**Author:** ![jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsmecham)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 10:18am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-fault-find/53287/2 "2006-01-31T10:18:42Z")

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Justin Mills wrote:

> Hi
> 
> one section of my forum is reporting an error

ie:  
[http://forum.justinfront.co.uk/forum/2](http://forum.justinfront.co.uk/forum/2)

> I can still access threads indirectly,

[http://forum.justinfront.co.uk/topic/4#14](http://forum.justinfront.co.uk/topic/4#14)

> what’s the best place to start, I tried looking at the log  
> and at the mySQLadmin but not sure where to start. Suggestions? - It is  
> the section on rails that has stopped working!
> 
> What should I be looking for sorry - very much learning backend as I go.

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**Author:** ![jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsmecham)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-fault-find/53287/3 "2006-02-01T16:52:49Z")

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Justin Mills wrote:

> Hi
> 
> one section of my forum is reporting an error I can still access threads  
> indirectly, what’s the best place to start, I tried looking at the log  
> and at the mySQLadmin but not sure where to start. Suggestions? - It is  
> the section on rails that has stopped working!

Look at log/development.log (or log/production.log, depending on your  
RAILS\_ENV).

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**Author:** ![jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsmecham)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 10:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-fault-find/53287/4 "2006-01-31T10:20:22Z")

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PS what do I need to download for this crafty colour coding stuff you  
now have working or do I just need to adjust the CSS?

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**Author:** ![jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@jsmecham](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jsmecham)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-fault-find/53287/5 "2006-02-01T16:53:21Z")

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Justin Mills wrote:

> PS what do I need to download for this crafty colour coding stuff you  
> now have working

What do you mean?