OCIError (ORA-12541: TNS:no listener): oci8.c:270:in oci8lib.so /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter-1.2.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_enhanced_oci_connection.rb:223:in new' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter-1.2.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_enhanced_oci_connection.rb:223:innew_connection' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter-1.2.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_enhanced_oci_connection.rb:328:in initialize' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter-1.2.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_enhanced_oci_connection.rb:24:innew' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter-1.2.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_enhanced_oci_connection.rb:24:in initialize' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter-1.2.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_enhanced_connection.rb:9:innew' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter-1.2.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_enhanced_connection.rb:9:in create' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-oracle_enhanced-adapter-1.2.4/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/oracle_enhanced_adapter.rb:50:inoracle_enhanced_connection' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:291:in send' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:291:inconnection=' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:259:in retrieve_connection' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:78:inconnection' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:1063:in table_exists?' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:1153:ininspect' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/class/inheritable_attributes.rb:131:in to_proc' /usr/local/ruby-1.8.7-p248/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:426:incollect'

It seems that rails app lost oracle connection,how to avoid this in application controller: def rescue_action_in_public(exception)

I use def rescue_action_in_public(exception) case exception.class.to_s when "OCIError" # my solution end

It still throw me 500.html