# Weird error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-error/146214>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 19, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-error/146214 "2008-08-19T06:02:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![joeyboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/edb3f5/32.png) [@joeyboy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/joeyboy)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/weird-error/146214/1 "2008-08-19T06:02:52Z")

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hi!

while attempting to connect from the browser. i get this error from the  
dos shell where webrick is started:

ERROR bad Request-Line ’ 9 8 5 3 2 ’  
127.0.0.1 – ’ 9 8 5 3 2 ’ 400 323

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i don’t understand, this test application used to run without any  
problems.

ruby 1.8.6  
rails 1.2.3

thanks a lot!

joey