# Rake and Unitizialized Constants when RAIL\_ENV is specified

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-and-unitizialized-constants-when-rail-env-is-specified/193431>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 17, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-and-unitizialized-constants-when-rail-env-is-specified/193431 "2010-08-17T16:53:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![leo72](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/71c47a/32.png) [@leo72](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/leo72)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rake-and-unitizialized-constants-when-rail-env-is-specified/193431/1 "2010-08-17T16:53:48Z")

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Hi guys,  
I’m having a problem with rake and rails 2.3.5  
When I use any model inside db/seeds.rb or in any rake task and the  
RAILS\_ENV var is specified, I get the error:  
uninitialized constant ModelName

Any clues?

Thanks a lot in advance.

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Leonardo M…  
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