Rails - Mar 2005 - after a gem &rails update I get "allocator undefined for Float"

Hi,
I''ve downloaded a new gem version (1.8) and I''ve gem install
rails...
now it''s 0.11

Now I''ve started webrick or the old project. ruby script/server I get
this error:
allocator undefined for Float
when I try to .save an object with a float parameter... I''m using
postgresql 8.0.0

Do I need to change something in my files when I upgrade rails?

Thanks for the suggestions,
Enrico

ps
this is the frameworktrace

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1040:in
`clone''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1040:in
`attributes''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
`inject''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
`each''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
`inject''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
`attributes''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1249:in
`attributes_with_quotes''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1341:in
`quoted_column_names''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1110:in
`create_without_callbacks''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:264:in
`create_without_timestamps''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb:29:in
`create''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1092:in
`create_or_update_without_callbacks''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:252:in
`create_or_update''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:925:in
`save_without_validation''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/validations.rb:562:in
`save_without_transactions''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:121:in
`save''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:121:in
`transaction''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:87:in
`transaction''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:113:in
`transaction''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:121:in
`save''
/opt/ruby/contabiliteoCartoplast/app/controllers/bolle_controller.rb:145:in
`corpo''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:691:in
`send''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:691:in
`perform_action_without_filters''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:294:in
`perform_action_without_benchmark''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:30:in
`perform_action_without_rescue''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:30:in
`measure''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:30:in
`perform_action_without_rescue''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:79:in
`perform_action''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:323:in
`send''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:323:in
`process''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:266:in
`process''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/dispatcher.rb:32:in
`dispatch''
/opt/ruby/contabiliteoCartoplast/public/dispatch.rb:10
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:189:in
`load''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:189:in
`load''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:84:in
`handle_dispatch''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:35:in
`do_POST''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpservlet/abstract.rb:35:in `__send__''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpservlet/abstract.rb:35:in `service''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:92:in `service''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:54:in `run''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:150:in `start_thread''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:144:in `start''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:144:in `start_thread''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:94:in `start''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:89:in `each''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:89:in `start''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:79:in `start''
/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:79:in `start''
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:21:in
`dispatch''

-- 
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing"
 Edmund Burke

On the weblog at www.rubyonrails.com, there is this comment on the 
release of 0.11, right near the bottom: 
(http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/archives/2005/03/22/rails-0110-ajax-pagination-non-vhost-incoming-mail/#comments)

Updating: If you’re coming from Rails 0.10.1, just run rails . --skip in 
the root of your application to get the new files. You shouldn’t need to 
change any code. You will need to clear out all your sessions, though, 
because of the Flash module upgrade!

However, if you are coming from a version older than 0.10.1, I think you 
need to change to your application base directory and run rails . 
without the --skip. As it asks you about overwritting files, say yes to 
everything except ''application.rb'' and
''database.yml''. This was the
advice on upgrading from 0.9.x to 0.10.x, so it should work when going 
from 0.9.x to 0.11

I hope this works for you. I''m just learning this stuff as well. Glad 
you figured out your validation problem. I didn''t know about 
''validates_numericality_of'' either, but I have now read about
it and it
really does a regular expression validation for you, so my regular 
expression suggestion wasn''t totally off-base. See this page for a 
description of what validates_numericality_of really does: 
http://rails.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActiveRecord/Validations/ClassMethods.html#M000568


Enrico Teotti wrote:
> Hi,
> I''ve downloaded a new gem version (1.8) and I''ve gem
install rails...
> now it''s 0.11
> 
> Now I''ve started webrick or the old project. ruby script/server I
get
> this error:
> allocator undefined for Float
> when I try to .save an object with a float parameter... I''m using
> postgresql 8.0.0
> 
> Do I need to change something in my files when I upgrade rails?
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions,
> Enrico
> 
> ps
> this is the frameworktrace
> 
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1040:in
> `clone''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1040:in
> `attributes''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
> `inject''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
> `each''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
> `inject''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
> `attributes''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1249:in
> `attributes_with_quotes''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1341:in
> `quoted_column_names''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1110:in
> `create_without_callbacks''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:264:in
> `create_without_timestamps''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb:29:in
> `create''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1092:in
> `create_or_update_without_callbacks''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:252:in
> `create_or_update''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:925:in
> `save_without_validation''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/validations.rb:562:in
> `save_without_transactions''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:121:in
> `save''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:121:in
> `transaction''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:87:in
> `transaction''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:113:in
> `transaction''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:121:in
> `save''
> /opt/ruby/contabiliteoCartoplast/app/controllers/bolle_controller.rb:145:in
> `corpo''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:691:in
> `send''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:691:in
> `perform_action_without_filters''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:294:in
> `perform_action_without_benchmark''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:30:in
> `perform_action_without_rescue''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:30:in
> `measure''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:30:in
> `perform_action_without_rescue''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:79:in
> `perform_action''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:323:in
> `send''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:323:in
> `process''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:266:in
> `process''
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/dispatcher.rb:32:in
`dispatch''
> /opt/ruby/contabiliteoCartoplast/public/dispatch.rb:10
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:189:in
> `load''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:189:in
> `load''
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:84:in
> `handle_dispatch''
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:35:in
`do_POST''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpservlet/abstract.rb:35:in `__send__''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpservlet/abstract.rb:35:in `service''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:92:in `service''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:54:in `run''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:150:in `start_thread''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:144:in `start''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:144:in `start_thread''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:94:in `start''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:89:in `each''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:89:in `start''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:79:in `start''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:79:in `start''
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:21:in
`dispatch''
>

Hi,
I''ve tried rails . in the application directory but without results I
still get the error...
And I''ve installed rails on a brand new PC, installed postgres,
recovered the db backup and created a brand new rails application.
I''ve created a model connecting to a table (with a postgresql numeric
type column), and a controller with scaffold to handle the insert.
When I insert or edit something I get the error....
thanks for your help

-- 
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing"
 Edmund Burke

There''s some tickets on trac that might may be relevant to this
problem. Somone else on irc had this problem, though they worked round
it by making the field a char.

http://dev.rubyonrails.com/ticket/808
http://dev.rubyonrails.com/ticket/827

Cheers,

Chris

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:16:03 +0100, Enrico Teotti
<agenteo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi,
> I''ve downloaded a new gem version (1.8) and I''ve gem
install rails...
> now it''s 0.11
> 
> Now I''ve started webrick or the old project. ruby script/server I
get
> this error:
> allocator undefined for Float
> when I try to .save an object with a float parameter... I''m using
> postgresql 8.0.0
> 
> Do I need to change something in my files when I upgrade rails?
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions,
> Enrico
> 
> ps
> this is the frameworktrace
> 
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1040:in
> `clone''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1040:in
> `attributes''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
> `inject''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
> `each''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
> `inject''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1038:in
> `attributes''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1249:in
> `attributes_with_quotes''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1341:in
> `quoted_column_names''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1110:in
> `create_without_callbacks''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:264:in
> `create_without_timestamps''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb:29:in
> `create''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:1092:in
> `create_or_update_without_callbacks''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:252:in
> `create_or_update''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/base.rb:925:in
> `save_without_validation''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/validations.rb:562:in
> `save_without_transactions''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:121:in
> `save''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:121:in
> `transaction''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:87:in
> `transaction''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:113:in
> `transaction''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.9.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:121:in
> `save''
> /opt/ruby/contabiliteoCartoplast/app/controllers/bolle_controller.rb:145:in
> `corpo''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:691:in
> `send''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:691:in
> `perform_action_without_filters''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:294:in
> `perform_action_without_benchmark''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:30:in
> `perform_action_without_rescue''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:30:in
> `measure''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:30:in
> `perform_action_without_rescue''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:79:in
> `perform_action''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:323:in
> `send''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:323:in
> `process''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.6.0/lib/action_controller/base.rb:266:in
> `process''
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/dispatcher.rb:32:in
`dispatch''
> /opt/ruby/contabiliteoCartoplast/public/dispatch.rb:10
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:189:in
> `load''
>
/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-1.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:189:in
> `load''
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:84:in
> `handle_dispatch''
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:35:in
`do_POST''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpservlet/abstract.rb:35:in `__send__''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpservlet/abstract.rb:35:in `service''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:92:in `service''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:54:in `run''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:150:in `start_thread''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:144:in `start''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:144:in `start_thread''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:94:in `start''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:89:in `each''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:89:in `start''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:79:in `start''
> /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:79:in `start''
> /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-0.11.0/lib/webrick_server.rb:21:in
`dispatch''
> 
> --
> "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
> is for good men to do nothing"
>  Edmund Burke
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I don''t know exactly how or when but the problem is solved... this
morning I''ve simply re-do
rails .
in the app directory... and the access to Postgresql numeric values
it''s ok
thanks for the help
Enrico

-- 
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing"
 Edmund Burke