I have tried to create and use my own Exception class, AmbigouosPlaceException. I can''t seem to use my exception though, as I get the following FRUSTRATING error... ----- Error ----- uninitialized constant AmbiguousPlaceException C:/app/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:89:in `const_missing'' C:/app/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:120:in `const_missing'' C:/app/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:122:in `send'' C:/app/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.3.0/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:122:in `const_missing'' #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/models/search.rb:34:in `search_by_category_and_place'' #{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/searches_controller.rb:22:in `search'' ------------------ SearchesController ------------------ require ''ambiguous_place_exception'' class SearchesController < ApplicationController def search create category = @search.category_string location = @search.location if Postcode.validate(location) @results = Search.search_by_category_and_postcode(category, location) else begin @results = Search.search_by_category_and_place(category, location) rescue AmbigouosPlaceException => e @places = e.places render :action => ''choose_place'' end end end end ----------------------- AmbigouosPlaceException ----------------------- class AmbigouosPlaceException < RuntimeError attr :places def initialize(places) @places = places end end ------ Search ------ require ''ambiguous_place_exception'' class Search < ActiveRecord::Base def self.search_by_category_and_place(category, place) # Find places by name places = Place.find_all_by_name(place) if places.size > 1 e = AmbiguousPlaceException.new (places) raise e end ...truncated... end end -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.