# NoMethodError: undefined method \`request='

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-request/177960>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 27, 2009, 9:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-request/177960 "2009-10-27T09:29:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![hans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@hans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hans)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 9:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-request/177960/1 "2009-10-27T09:29:19Z")

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Hello, I’m following along on the Railsspace Tutorial and I keep  
getting this one error. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry if this  
isn’t enough information. What else would help?

Thanks a million.

dhcp128036168070:rails\_space Hans$ ruby test/unit/user\_test.rb --trace  
invalid option: --trace  
Test::Unit automatic runner.  
Usage: test/unit/user\_test.rb [options] [-- untouched arguments]

```
-r, --runner=RUNNER Use the given RUNNER.
                                 (c[onsole], f[ox], g[tk], g[tk]2,

```

t[k])  
-n, --name=NAME Runs tests matching NAME.  
(patterns may be used).  
-t, --testcase=TESTCASE Runs tests in TestCases matching  
TESTCASE.  
(patterns may be used).  
-I, --load-path=DIR[:DIR…] Appends directory list to  
$LOAD\_PATH.  
-v, --verbose=[LEVEL] Set the output level (default is  
verbose).  
(s[ilent], p[rogress], n[ormal], v  
[erbose])  
– Stop processing options so that  
the  
remaining options will be passed  
to the  
test.  
-h, --help Display this help.

Deprecated options:  
–console Console runner (use --runner).  
–gtk GTK runner (use --runner).  
–fox Fox runner (use --runner).

dhcp128036168070:rails\_space Hans$

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**Author:** ![hans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@hans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hans)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-request/177960/2 "2009-10-27T12:02:59Z")

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Hi

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Please paste the code related to the error you got

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Sijo

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**Author:** ![hans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@hans](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/hans)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nomethoderror-undefined-method-request/177960/3 "2009-10-27T14:08:37Z")

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Hans wrote:

> Hello, I’m following along on the Railsspace Tutorial  
> […]

Unless it’s been updated, my understanding is that RailsSpace was  
written for an old version of Rails. The current version is 2.3.4; you  
might want to find a more recent tutorial.

## Best,

Marnen Laibow-Koser  
[http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org)  
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