# Will\_paginate resulting in server 500 error **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 1, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-resulting-in-server-500-error/180951 "2010-01-01T19:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 1, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-resulting-in-server-500-error/180951/1 "2010-01-01T19:45:18Z")
Hello there, On my site I have a basic search form that uses find\_by\_ferret which will return users within the site and render the data that matches the search criteria If multiple rows are returned, the rows are rendered, and then paginated, if more that X are returned. Sounds simple, (and worked fine in dev) However, In Production, I get a server(500) error: (We’re sorry, but something went wrong. We’ve been notified about this issue and we’ll take a look at it shortly.) When I look in the production.log the following is returned: ActionView::TemplateError (undefined method `will\_paginate’ for #ActionView::Base:0xb5c6dc24) on line #26 of app/views/buddies/ \_search\_form.rhtml: 23: 24: Your search results are below: 25: 26: \<%= will\_paginate @buddies %\> 27: \<% end %\> 28: \<%= render :partial=\>“result\_summary” %\> 29: \<% end %\> although I understand the error, I dont get how it worked in dev, and not in prod… Any ideas? Many, many Thanks – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**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:** [January 1, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-resulting-in-server-500-error/180951/2 "2010-01-01T23:49:56Z")
On Jan 1, 6:43 pm, RubyonRails\_newbie [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > 28: \<%= render :partial=\>“result\_summary” %\> > 29: \<% end %\> > > although I understand the error, I dont get how it worked in dev, and > not in prod… Sounds like you didn’t install the will\_paginate gem on your production machine Fred > Any ideas? > > Many, many Thanks – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**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:** [January 2, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-resulting-in-server-500-error/180951/3 "2010-01-02T12:16:43Z")
I think will\_paginate is installed… should I be checking this in gem list --remote ? Presumably installed at root level too? Id best take another peek… Thanks for the response… On Jan 1, 10:48 pm, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > 23: > > Sounds like you didn’t install the will\_paginate gem on your > > production machine > > Fred > > > Any ideas? > > > Many, many Thanks – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**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:** [January 2, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-resulting-in-server-500-error/180951/4 "2010-01-02T14:18:27Z")
On Jan 2, 11:15 am, RubyonRails\_newbie [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I think will\_paginate is installed… should I be checking this in gem > list --remote ? –remote means it searches for gems on the gem servers - not relevant here. > Presumably installed at root level too? What do you mean by root? Fred > > On Jan 1, 6:43 pm, RubyonRails\_newbie [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > > > > > 26: \<%= will\_paginate @buddies %\> > > > Fred > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Many, many Thanks – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**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:** [January 2, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-resulting-in-server-500-error/180951/5 "2010-01-02T17:06:26Z")
On 02 Jan 2010, at 16:53, RubyonRails\_newbie wrote: > > What do you mean by root? > > When i log onto my vhost, there is a root folder. > > Should it be installed here, or actually where my app resides? > > May be a daft question - sorry! 🙂 Instead of messing around, just freeze all the gems and even rails itself in the app and upload that to your host. It’s quite obvious you are using shared hosting and you won’t have root access (or even local folder ssh access) to the server. rake gems:unpack:dependencies rake rails:freeze:gems Best regards Peter De Berdt – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en). ---
**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:** [January 2, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/will-paginate-resulting-in-server-500-error/180951/6 "2010-01-02T16:54:43Z")
> What do you mean by root? When i log onto my vhost, there is a root folder. Should it be installed here, or actually where my app resides? May be a daft question - sorry! 🙂 On 2 Jan, 13:16, Frederick C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > Id best take another peek… > > > > > Many, many Thanks > > > > – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en).