# Memcache...HELP..!

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcache-help/72708>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [October 18, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcache-help/72708 "2006-10-18T12:10:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![unni.tallman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/f04885/32.png) [@unni.tallman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unni.tallman)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcache-help/72708/1 "2006-10-18T12:10:50Z")

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require ‘memcache’  
m=Memcache.new  
m.add\_server(“127.0.0.1:12345”)  
m.add(‘foobar’, ‘baz’)

ERROR : mcm\_server\_connect\_next\_avail():2323

what should i do??

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**Author:** ![unni.tallman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/f04885/32.png) [@unni.tallman](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unni.tallman)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/memcache-help/72708/2 "2006-10-18T16:28:42Z")

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On Wed, Oct 18, 2006, unni.tallman wrote:

> require ‘memcache’  
> m=Memcache.new  
> m.add\_server(“127.0.0.1:12345”)  
> m.add(‘foobar’, ‘baz’)
> 
> ERROR : mcm\_server\_connect\_next\_avail():2323

Can you telnet to localhost on port 12345? It sounds like your  
memcached might be down.

Ben