# Missing find\_by\_rfc\_3066

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-find-by-rfc-3066/66811>\
**Category:** Rails I18n\
**Created:** [August 29, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-find-by-rfc-3066/66811 "2006-08-29T15:01:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 3:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-find-by-rfc-3066/66811/1 "2006-08-29T15:01:28Z")

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Hi Everyone,

I just started to learn ruby and ruby on rails since I have to get a  
codebase up and running someone else programmed. I installed everything  
fine, though when I try to launch WEBrick, I get the following error:

=\> Booting WEBrick…  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.4/lib/active\_record/base.rb:1095:in  
`method_missing': undefined method`find\_by\_rfc\_3066’ for  
Globalize::Language:Class (NoMethodError)  
from  
./script/…/config/…/vendor/plugins/globalize/lib/globalize/models/language.rb:37:in  
`pick' from ./script/../config/../config/environment.rb:58 from /usr/local/lib/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in`require’

I figured out that the globalize plugin is the cause, thus I tried to  
find the find\_by\_rfc\_3066 method somewhere. But I couldn’t find it. Am I  
missing some ruby packages?

I use the latest globalize code base (revision 200 from subversion).

Thank you for any help,

Thomas

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**Post date:** [August 29, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/missing-find-by-rfc-3066/66811/2 "2006-08-29T15:53:19Z")

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Hi Thomas,

because of the _magic of Ruby_ and Rails there is no such method in  
source 🙂  
The method is created at runtime and is looking for an attribute of  
name find\_by\_NAME in the table that is assoziated with the model.

Example: If a table users has an attribute name you can find a user  
by name with:

User.find\_by\_name “Thomas”  
User.find\_by\_name\_and\_age “Thomas”, 42  
…

I think your problem is more about a wrong setup of Globalize.  
Look, if you find a table globalize\_languages in your database.  
That one has the attribute rfc\_3066.

Am 29.08.2006 um 15:01 schrieb Thomas S.:

> ## `method_missing': undefined method `find\_by\_rfc\_3066’ for I figured out that the globalize plugin is the cause, thus I tried to
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