# Something went wrong **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 5, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/something-went-wrong/113836 "2007-09-05T13:50:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/something-went-wrong/113836/1 "2007-09-05T13:50:33Z")
I get this error: We’re sorry, but something went wrong. We’ve been notified about this issue and we’ll take a look at it shortly. …often and I keep refreshing then it starts working…sometimes when I refresh it shows an error like “User can’t be referred”. what could be wrong? ---
**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/something-went-wrong/113836/2 "2007-09-05T16:18:58Z")
On Sep 5, 4:50 am, Vapor R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. you think, maybe you forgot something when you posted this? ---
**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/something-went-wrong/113836/3 "2007-09-06T06:57:50Z")
gene tani wrote: > On Sep 5, 4:50 am, Vapor R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > – > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > you think, maybe you forgot something when you posted this? I am not sure what. This problem is embarrassing me whenever I present a demo to my colleagues ---
**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 7:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/something-went-wrong/113836/4 "2007-09-06T07:08:55Z")
Vapor R. wrote: > gene tani wrote: > > > On Sep 5, 4:50 am, Vapor R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > wrote: > > > > > – > > > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > you think, maybe you forgot something when you posted this? > > I am not sure what. This problem is embarrassing me whenever I present a > demo to my colleagues He means you forgot to post things like log messages. – Michael W. ---
**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/something-went-wrong/113836/5 "2007-09-06T07:35:05Z")
> He means you forgot to post things like log messages. > Michael W. oopps ok…the logs of recent error attached ---
**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/something-went-wrong/113836/6 "2007-09-06T07:37:58Z")
On 9/6/07, Vapor R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > this seems like a pretty important piece to the puzzle: Mysql::Error: Lost connection to MySQL server during query: UPDATE sessions SET `data` = ‘BAh7BzoJdXNlcm86CVVzZXIKOhBAYXR0cmlidXRlc3sIIgdpZCIGMSINcGFz\nc3dvcmQiLTFlYmRhOTUxYjIwNDhiNDBmNjhkZWMzZDhjMTZhYmZmMjg3NTVh\nYjkiCmxvZ2luIgd3YToKQGJ1Z3MwOg9AaGlzdG9yaWVzMDoOQGNvbW1lbnRz\nMDoNQGFzc2lnbnMwIgpmbGFzaElDOidBY3Rpb25Db250cm9sbGVyOjpGbGFz\naDo6Rmxhc2hIYXNoewAGOgpAdXNlZHsA\n’, `session_id` = ‘9e74f52595ef51c4520e3e4e46f14e9f’, `updated_at` = ‘2007-09-06 10:24:58’ WHERE `id` = 32 is your mysql server local? ---
**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/something-went-wrong/113836/7 "2007-09-06T07:43:55Z")
> is your mysql server local? > Yes! ---
**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 7:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/something-went-wrong/113836/8 "2007-10-21T07:11:10Z")
For me this meant ‘you don’t have openssl installed on your mingw build, so activemerchant fails since it can’t find it (credit card processing errs)’ On Sep 5, 5:50 am, Vapor R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@vapor](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/vapor)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2007, 9:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/something-went-wrong/113836/9 "2007-09-06T09:21:06Z")
looks like mysql-server timeout to me. Mysql closes the connection after 12hour if there is no traffic on the connection. You need to make sure that something calls a page every 6h or so. afaik there is no solution within rails so far. for development just make sure to restart the application right before you show it to someone (mongrel\_rails restart) Phil On 6 Sep., 07:43, Vapor R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)