# Script/runner failure

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-runner-failure/130258>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 26, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-runner-failure/130258 "2008-02-26T21:10:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@craigrails](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/craigrails)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/script-runner-failure/130258/1 "2008-02-26T21:10:06Z")

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Rails 1.2.6 on Fedora (development)

This works…

$ pwd  
/home/storage/users/craig/svn/th-db/branches/phase5

# script/console

Loading development environment.

> > ThCalsController.get\_calendars  
> > =\> nil  
> > (which is a satisfactory result actually)

but this fails…

$ /usr/bin/ruby   
/home/storage/users/craig/svn/th-db/branches/phase5/script/runner   
-e development ThCalsController.get\_calendars  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.6/lib/commands/runner.rb:47:  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:266:in  
`load\_missing\_constant’: uninitialized constant ApplicationController  
(NameError)

from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:452:in  
`const\_missing’

from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:464:in  
`const\_missing’

from  
/home/storage/users/craig/svn/th-db/branches/phase5/app/controllers/th\_cals\_controller.rb:1

from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:203:in  
`load\_without\_new\_constant\_marking’

from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:203:in  
`load\_file’

from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:342:in  
`new\_constants\_in’

from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:202:in  
`load\_file’

from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:94:in  
`require\_or\_load’

from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:248:in  
`load\_missing\_constant’

from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:452:in  
`const\_missing’

from  
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.4.4/lib/active\_support/dependencies.rb:464:in  
`const\_missing’  
from (eval):1

from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in `eval’

from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-1.2.6/lib/commands/runner.rb:47

from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`gem\_original\_require’

from /usr/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb:27:in  
`require’

from /home/storage/users/craig/svn/th-db/branches/phase5/script/runner:3

Why the error on ApplicationController?

Craig