# NoMemoryError **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 19, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomemoryerror/94042 "2006-04-19T00:05:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomemoryerror/94042/1 "2006-04-19T00:05:31Z")
I am using the Openbase adapter and have had a similar glitch here and there, but after I go into production I consistently get an error on one page. ActionView::TemplateError (NoMemoryError: failed to allocate memory: SELECT \* FROM … I cannot track down the exact location of the error, but the production log says it was around: /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract\_adapter.rb:120:in `log' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/openbase_adapter.rb:152:in`execute’ /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/ active\_record/connection\_adapters/openbase\_adapter.rb:222:in `select’ The development WEBrick spits this out occasionally: ruby(3306,0xa000ed98) malloc: \*\*\* error for object 0x219ab00: pointer being reallocated was not allocated ruby(3306,0xa000ed98) malloc: \*\*\* set a breakpoint in szone\_error to debug ruby(3306,0xa000ed98) malloc: \*\*\* error for object 0x219ab00: pointer being reallocated was not allocated ruby(3306,0xa000ed98) malloc: \*\*\* set a breakpoint in szone\_error to debug /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:380: [BUG] Bus Error ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [powerpc-darwin8.4.0] Are these ruby glitches or something in the Openbase connection? Any tips on debugging this problem? -John – John S. Computing Staff - Webmaster Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics University of California, Santa Barbara removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid (805) 893-6307 ---
**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomemoryerror/94042/2 "2008-11-08T17:03:19Z")
John S. wrote: > I am using the Openbase adapter and have had a similar glitch here > and there, but after I go into production I consistently get an error > on one page. > > ActionView::TemplateError (NoMemoryError: failed to allocate memory: > SELECT \* FROM … > > I cannot track down the exact location of the error, but the > production log says it was around: > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/ > active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract\_adapter.rb:120:in `log' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/ active_record/connection_adapters/openbase_adapter.rb:152:in`execute’ > /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.14.2/lib/ > active\_record/connection\_adapters/openbase\_adapter.rb:222:in `select’ > > The development WEBrick spits this out occasionally: > ruby(3306,0xa000ed98) malloc: \*\*\* error for object 0x219ab00: pointer > being reallocated was not allocated > ruby(3306,0xa000ed98) malloc: \*\*\* set a breakpoint in szone\_error to > debug > ruby(3306,0xa000ed98) malloc: \*\*\* error for object 0x219ab00: pointer > being reallocated was not allocated > ruby(3306,0xa000ed98) malloc: \*\*\* set a breakpoint in szone\_error to > debug > /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/yaml.rb:380: [BUG] Bus Error > ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [powerpc-darwin8.4.0] > > Are these ruby glitches or something in the Openbase connection? Any > tips on debugging this problem? > > -John > > – > John S. > Computing Staff - Webmaster > Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics > University of California, Santa Barbara > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > (805) 893-6307 John - I notice you had this issue a couple of years ago. Do you have any more experience with this problem now? I had an app which I was close to completing. I ran my functional tests and the terminal window completely froze. Eventually I had to reboot. After doing so I couldnt get the app to run again so I decided to take this oppourtunity to quickly rebuild the app. There were a couple of changes I wanted to make to the models, nothing major, just changing the max length of fields etc. When I copied over the tests from the previous app to the new app and ran them I expected to see a few errors reflecting my changes but instead the whole app freezes. I can only run three or four tests at a time or I get this message: ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* vm\_allocate(size=1069056) failed (error code=3) ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* error: can’t allocate region ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* set a breakpoint in szone\_error to debug ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* vm\_allocate(size=1069056) failed (error code=3) ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* error: can’t allocate region ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* set a breakpoint in szone\_error to debug ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* vm\_allocate(size=1069056) failed (error code=3) ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* error: can’t allocate region ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* set a breakpoint in szone\_error to debug ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* vm\_allocate(size=1069056) failed (error code=3) ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* error: can’t allocate region ruby(3339) malloc: \*\*\* set a breakpoint in szone\_error to debug [FATAL] failed to allocate memory rake aborted! Command failed with status (1): [/usr/local/bin/ruby -Ilib:test "/usr/local…] Any ideas on where the problem could be? thanks Gavin