Rails - Dec 2006 - Need help debugging a Singleton TypeError in my app.

I keep getting this error:

TypeError (singleton can''t be dumped):
    /lib/sql_session_store.rb:124:in `dump''
    /lib/sql_session_store.rb:124:in `marshalize''
    /lib/sql_session_store.rb:91:in `close''
    /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/cgi/session.rb:330:in `close''

/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1015:in
`close_session''

This only recently started happening and I haven''t changed much of
anywhere from before I started getting this error.

This happens when I''m updating a user account (I''m using
auth_generator).  Weird thing is if I take the image upload form field
out of the view, it runs fine... But I kind of need that form field to
update user icons (Again this worked fine a little while ago and I''ve
tried to revert any changes I''ve made since with no luck, obviously I
missed something.  I suppose I should write better tests :-\ ).  I''m
just having trouble finding out where the actual problem is.

What are the most common causes of the: "TypeError (singleton
can''t be
dumped)" error?  Thanks.


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marston-8Qo2DTIsO68RmelmmXo44Q@public.gmane.org wrote:
> I keep getting this error:
> 
> TypeError (singleton can''t be dumped):
>     /lib/sql_session_store.rb:124:in `dump''
>     /lib/sql_session_store.rb:124:in `marshalize''
>     /lib/sql_session_store.rb:91:in `close''
>     /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/cgi/session.rb:330:in `close''
> 
>
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-1.12.5/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1015:in
> `close_session''
> 
> This only recently started happening and I haven''t changed much of
> anywhere from before I started getting this error.
> 
> This happens when I''m updating a user account (I''m using
> auth_generator).  Weird thing is if I take the image upload form field
> out of the view, it runs fine... But I kind of need that form field to
> update user icons (Again this worked fine a little while ago and
I''ve
> tried to revert any changes I''ve made since with no luck,
obviously I
> missed something.  I suppose I should write better tests :-\ ). 
I''m
> just having trouble finding out where the actual problem is.
> 
> What are the most common causes of the: "TypeError (singleton
can''t be
> dumped)" error?  Thanks.
The dumping in question is the serialisation of an object into the 
session. In Ruby terminology, a singleton is an instance that has 
methods added to it (i.e. methods in addition to those defined in its 
class).

As a general point, your application will be more robust if you hold the 
IDs of persistent objects in your session, rather than the objects 
themselves.

I hope that helps, because that''s the whole extent of my knowledge!

regards

   Justin Forder

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"What are the most common causes of the: "TypeError (singleton
can''t be
dumped)" error? "
you put IO kind of  objects or singleton obj into session, when rails
try to serialize it and save it into session, ruby complains since they
can''t be marshalled/serialized.

uploaded image blob is of StringIO type, you should exclude that from
saving into session.

wuyaSea Operator
www.wuyaSea.com


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