# Rails Weenie - get answers to your rails questions

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-weenie-get-answers-to-your-rails-questions/48161>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 17, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-weenie-get-answers-to-your-rails-questions/48161 "2005-11-17T07:46:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![technoweenie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@technoweenie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technoweenie)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-weenie-get-answers-to-your-rails-questions/48161/1 "2005-11-17T07:46:40Z")

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Rails Weenie is my little attempt to make the question/answer game for  
the rails community a little interesting. Sign up and you start off  
with five points. Offer up points for questions. Answer other  
questions to get more points.

A bit more about the app on my blog:  
[http://techno-weenie.net/blog/main/274/helping-the-rails-newbies-out](http://techno-weenie.net/blog/main/274/helping-the-rails-newbies-out)

The app itself:  
[http://rails.techno-weenie.net/](http://rails.techno-weenie.net/)

–  
rick  
[http://techno-weenie.net](http://techno-weenie.net)

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**Author:** ![technoweenie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@technoweenie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technoweenie)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-weenie-get-answers-to-your-rails-questions/48161/2 "2005-11-17T15:23:22Z")

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Hi !

2005/11/17, Rick O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):

> [http://rails.techno-weenie.net/](http://rails.techno-weenie.net/)

Only problem is that I get the plain old “Rails application won’t  
start”…

Bye !

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**Author:** ![technoweenie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@technoweenie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technoweenie)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-weenie-get-answers-to-your-rails-questions/48161/3 "2005-11-17T15:29:23Z")

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On 11/17/05, Francois B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi !
> 
> 2005/11/17, Rick O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid):
> 
> > [http://rails.techno-weenie.net/](http://rails.techno-weenie.net/)
> 
> Only problem is that I get the plain old “Rails application won’t start”…
> 
> Bye !

“Mysql::Error: MySQL server has gone away”

Hmm.

–  
rick  
[http://techno-weenie.net](http://techno-weenie.net)

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**Author:** ![technoweenie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@technoweenie](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/technoweenie)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rails-weenie-get-answers-to-your-rails-questions/48161/4 "2005-11-17T17:45:18Z")

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On 11/17/05, Rick O. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> “Mysql::Error: MySQL server has gone away”

“Mysql::Error: MySQL never even tells me when it will be coming back  
these days. It’s not like it it doesn’t feel loved… We’ve just  
stopped talking I guess…”

> Hmm.

Indeed… 😉

- james