If you do string.last or string.first it fails in access.rb line 43 I found the answer on another mailing list. Ruby 1.8.7 has String#chars. It returns an Enumerator object but Rails 2.0.2 expects an ActiveSupport::Multibyte::Chars object. You can avoid this conflict by putting the following code in config/initializers/ directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ unless ''1.9''.respond_to?(:force_encoding) String.class_eval do begin remove_method :chars rescue NameError # OK end end end ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note: activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/unicode.rb of Rails 2.1.0 removes "chars" method from String class of Ruby 1.8.7. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---