# Exception Notification

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/exception-notification/54644>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [September 24, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/exception-notification/54644 "2010-09-24T23:19:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/exception-notification/54644/1 "2010-09-24T23:19:07Z")

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I am using the the exception notification plugin for rails version 2.3

This is what I have in my environment.rb file &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ExceptionNotification::Notifier.exception\_recipients = %w(myteam@gmail.com)

In my app controller..

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;include ExceptionNotification::Notifiable

After installation when I start the server I get the following error

&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:443:in `load_missing_constant' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:80:in `const\_missing' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:92:in `const_missing' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/home/myusername/Apps/myapp/config/environment.rb:115 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/ initializer.rb:111:in `run' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/home/myusername/Apps/myapp/config/environment.rb:10 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: 31:in `gem_original_require' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 31:in `require' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new\_constants\_in' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:156:in `require' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.3.5/lib/commands/ server.rb:84 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb: 31:in `gem\_original\_require' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/site\_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom\_require.rb: 31:in `require' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;./script/server:3 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.9/lib/ ruby-debug-ide.rb:109:in `debug\_load' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.9/lib/ ruby-debug-ide.rb:109:in `debug_program' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.9/bin/ rdebug-ide:87 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/bin/rdebug-ide:19:in `load' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/usr/local/bin/rdebug-ide:19 Uncaught exception: uninitialized constant ExceptionNotification

When I launch the irb console it says..

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active\_support/dependencies.rb:443:in `load_missing_constant':NameError: uninitialized constant ExceptionNotification /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.5/lib/ active_support/dependencies.rb:443:in `load\_missing\_constant':NameError: uninitialized constant ApplicationController

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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/exception-notification/54644/2 "2010-09-25T19:04:10Z")

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Anyone?

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**Author:** ![Peter\_De\_Berdt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@Peter\_De\_Berdt](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Peter_De_Berdt)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/exception-notification/54644/3 "2010-09-26T07:59:46Z")

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It says exception notifier isn’t loaded. You will have to work from there to find out why:

- If it’s a gem, you might not have included it in your config.gem section

- If it’s a plugin, you might not have installed it into the vendor/plugins directory

- …

Best regards

Peter De Berdt

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**Author:** ![badnaam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@badnaam](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/badnaam)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/exception-notification/54644/4 "2010-09-28T21:24:43Z")

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I have tried both. Made sure the plugin is installed and the gem exception\_notification (2.3.3.0) is installed and it's in my enviornment.rb file as configm.gem "exception\_notification"

I followed to documentation to the T.

It's on rails 2.3.5.
