# parseexcel problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/parseexcel-problem/38237>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [January 12, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/parseexcel-problem/38237 "2009-01-12T18:04:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Chris\_Habgood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Chris\_Habgood](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Chris_Habgood)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/parseexcel-problem/38237/1 "2009-01-12T18:04:29Z")

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I am running rails 2.2 and gem 1.3.1

I have this basic code:

equire 'rubygems' require 'parseexcel' workbook = Spreadsheet::ParseExcel.parse()

I get this error:

./parseexcel.rb:4: uninitialized constant Spreadsheet (NameError)

any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Mohammad\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mohammad\_Khan](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Mohammad_Khan)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/parseexcel-problem/38237/2 "2009-01-12T18:23:18Z")

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what version of parseexcel you are using

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Habgood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Chris\_Habgood](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Chris_Habgood)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/parseexcel-problem/38237/3 "2009-01-12T18:32:18Z")

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0.5.2

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**Author:** ![Mohammad\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@Mohammad\_Khan](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Mohammad_Khan)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/parseexcel-problem/38237/4 "2009-01-12T19:00:44Z")

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try to use

spreadsheet-0.6.2.1

This might help to resolve the issue.

Though, their product name, class and module names are not consistent in different versions.

Thanks,

Mohammad