I have been facing some problem with the datatypes. I have a sample of code as follows. t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f Initially, the datatype of lat_rad and lng_rad was as follows: t.decimal :lat_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 t.decimal :lng_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 So, it gave me an error as follows: TypeError in ItemsController#populate wrong argument type BigDecimal (expected Float) Then I changed the data type of lat_rad and lng_rad to float. Even then it is giving me the same error. Any help to solve this problem will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27808361.html Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > I have been facing some problem with the datatypes. I have a sample of > code > as follows. > > t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > > Initially, the datatype of lat_rad and lng_rad was as follows: > > t.decimal :lat_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 > t.decimal :lng_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 > > So, it gave me an error as follows: > > TypeError in ItemsController#populate > > wrong argument type BigDecimal (expected Float) > > Then I changed the data type of lat_rad and lng_rad to float. Even then it > is giving me the same error. Any help to solve this problem will be > appreciated. Thanks in advance. >What''s the type of l.lat l.lng Also, are the following lines within a migration or controller file? t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f Lastly, what version of Ruby and which database you''re using? -Conrad> -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27808361.html > Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > >-- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Conrad, The data type of l.lat and l.lng are same as that of lat_rad and lng_rad. They are declared as follows: t.decimal :lat, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 t.decimal :lng, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 The following lines are within the controller file named items_controller.rb t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f I''m using Ruby version 4.2 on Ubuntu 8.10. The database I''m using is mysql. Conrad Taylor wrote:> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > >> >> I have been facing some problem with the datatypes. I have a sample of >> code >> as follows. >> >> t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >> t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >> >> Initially, the datatype of lat_rad and lng_rad was as follows: >> >> t.decimal :lat_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >> t.decimal :lng_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >> >> So, it gave me an error as follows: >> >> TypeError in ItemsController#populate >> >> wrong argument type BigDecimal (expected Float) >> >> Then I changed the data type of lat_rad and lng_rad to float. Even then >> it >> is giving me the same error. Any help to solve this problem will be >> appreciated. Thanks in advance. >> > > What''s the type of > > l.lat > l.lng > > Also, are the following lines within a migration or controller file? > > t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > > Lastly, what version of Ruby and which database you''re using? > > -Conrad > > >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27808361.html >> Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> -- >> 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > >-- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27808998.html Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:03 PM, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Conrad, > The data type of l.lat and l.lng are same as that of lat_rad and lng_rad. > They are declared as follows: > > t.decimal :lat, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 > t.decimal :lng, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 > > The following lines are within the controller file named > items_controller.rb > > t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > > I''m using Ruby version 4.2 on Ubuntu 8.10. > The database I''m using is mysql. > >Ruby version 4.2 doesn''t exist. Please execute the following command and post the results: ruby -v Next, what''s the exact value of both l.lat and l.lng? -Conrad> Conrad Taylor wrote: > > > > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> I have been facing some problem with the datatypes. I have a sample of > >> code > >> as follows. > >> > >> t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > >> t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > >> > >> Initially, the datatype of lat_rad and lng_rad was as follows: > >> > >> t.decimal :lat_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 > >> t.decimal :lng_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 > >> > >> So, it gave me an error as follows: > >> > >> TypeError in ItemsController#populate > >> > >> wrong argument type BigDecimal (expected Float) > >> > >> Then I changed the data type of lat_rad and lng_rad to float. Even then > >> it > >> is giving me the same error. Any help to solve this problem will be > >> appreciated. Thanks in advance. > >> > > > > What''s the type of > > > > l.lat > > l.lng > > > > Also, are the following lines within a migration or controller file? > > > > t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > > t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > > > > Lastly, what version of Ruby and which database you''re using? > > > > -Conrad > > > > > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27808361.html > >> Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> -- > >> 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> > <rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%252Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> > > > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27808998.html > Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > >-- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
I had actually executed the command dpkg -s ruby It had given me the version as 4.2 When I did a ruby -v, it gave me the version as 1.8.7 l.lat will have some value such as 40.755970 l.lng will have some value such as -73.986702 But since they have been declared as Decimal(15,10), their values will be interpreted as 40.7559700000 and -73.9867020000 I have a database which consists of latitude and longitude of a few cities in US. So, this was just one example that I have given. Conrad Taylor wrote:> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:03 PM, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > >> >> Conrad, >> The data type of l.lat and l.lng are same as that of lat_rad and lng_rad. >> They are declared as follows: >> >> t.decimal :lat, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >> t.decimal :lng, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >> >> The following lines are within the controller file named >> items_controller.rb >> >> t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >> t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >> >> I''m using Ruby version 4.2 on Ubuntu 8.10. >> The database I''m using is mysql. >> >> > Ruby version 4.2 doesn''t exist. Please execute the following command > and post the results: > > ruby -v > > Next, what''s the exact value of both l.lat and l.lng? > > -Conrad > > >> Conrad Taylor wrote: >> > >> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> I have been facing some problem with the datatypes. I have a sample >> of >> >> code >> >> as follows. >> >> >> >> t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >> >> t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >> >> >> >> Initially, the datatype of lat_rad and lng_rad was as follows: >> >> >> >> t.decimal :lat_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >> >> t.decimal :lng_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >> >> >> >> So, it gave me an error as follows: >> >> >> >> TypeError in ItemsController#populate >> >> >> >> wrong argument type BigDecimal (expected Float) >> >> >> >> Then I changed the data type of lat_rad and lng_rad to float. Even >> then >> >> it >> >> is giving me the same error. Any help to solve this problem will be >> >> appreciated. Thanks in advance. >> >> >> > >> > What''s the type of >> > >> > l.lat >> > l.lng >> > >> > Also, are the following lines within a migration or controller file? >> > >> > t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >> > t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >> > >> > Lastly, what version of Ruby and which database you''re using? >> > >> > -Conrad >> > >> > >> >> -- >> >> View this message in context: >> >> http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27808361.html >> >> Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> >> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> >> <rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%252Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> >> > >> >> . >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > >> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> >> . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27808998.html >> Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> -- >> 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org<rubyonrails-talk%2Bunsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > >-- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27809867.html Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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On 7 March 2010 00:39, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > I have been facing some problem with the datatypes. I have a sample of code > as follows. > > t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f > > Initially, the datatype of lat_rad and lng_rad was as follows: > > t.decimal :lat_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 > t.decimal :lng_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 > > So, it gave me an error as follows: > > TypeError in ItemsController#populate > > wrong argument type BigDecimal (expected Float) > > Then I changed the data type of lat_rad and lng_rad to float. Even then it > is giving me the same error. Any help to solve this problem will be > appreciated. Thanks in advance.I would suggest first splitting the statement into several lines performing a single operation on each line, this will enable you to identify which part of the statement is generating the error. Also try playing in ruby console to try and see what is going on. Finally you could use ruby-debug to break in to the code and examine the types of the variables to find what may not be quite as you expect. Also you did not answer the question as to whether this is in a migration. If so then it fraught with problems, it is not advisable to seed data within a migration if that is what you are doing. Colin -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Colin, this is in a migration. But I did not understand the last para of your reply. As you have suggested, I will first try it on script/console and den let me try to know where exactly the error is happening. Colin Law-4 wrote:> > On 7 March 2010 00:39, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> >> I have been facing some problem with the datatypes. I have a sample of >> code >> as follows. >> >> t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >> t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >> >> Initially, the datatype of lat_rad and lng_rad was as follows: >> >> t.decimal :lat_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >> t.decimal :lng_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >> >> So, it gave me an error as follows: >> >> TypeError in ItemsController#populate >> >> wrong argument type BigDecimal (expected Float) >> >> Then I changed the data type of lat_rad and lng_rad to float. Even then >> it >> is giving me the same error. Any help to solve this problem will be >> appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > I would suggest first splitting the statement into several lines > performing a single operation on each line, this will enable you to > identify which part of the statement is generating the error. Also > try playing in ruby console to try and see what is going on. Finally > you could use ruby-debug to break in to the code and examine the types > of the variables to find what may not be quite as you expect. > > Also you did not answer the question as to whether this is in a > migration. If so then it fraught with problems, it is not advisable > to seed data within a migration if that is what you are doing. > > Colin > > -- > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > >-- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27816821.html Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On 8 March 2010 03:38, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> > Colin, this is in a migration. > But I did not understand the last para of your reply.Have a look at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/f23f96c71facf726 for a discussion on why it is not a good idea to seed in migrations. Also google for ''rails migration seed'' will provide many hits. Could you not top post please? If you had put the above query under the offending paragraph we would not have had to scroll down to find to what you were referring. Thanks. Colin As you have suggested,> I will first try it on script/console and den let me try to know where > exactly the error is happening. > > Colin Law-4 wrote: >> >> On 7 March 2010 00:39, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >>> >>> I have been facing some problem with the datatypes. I have a sample of >>> code >>> as follows. >>> >>> t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >>> t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >>> >>> Initially, the datatype of lat_rad and lng_rad was as follows: >>> >>> t.decimal :lat_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >>> t.decimal :lng_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >>> >>> So, it gave me an error as follows: >>> >>> TypeError in ItemsController#populate >>> >>> wrong argument type BigDecimal (expected Float) >>> >>> Then I changed the data type of lat_rad and lng_rad to float. Even then >>> it >>> is giving me the same error. Any help to solve this problem will be >>> appreciated. Thanks in advance. >> >> I would suggest first splitting the statement into several lines >> performing a single operation on each line, this will enable you to >> identify which part of the statement is generating the error. Also >> try playing in ruby console to try and see what is going on. Finally >> you could use ruby-debug to break in to the code and examine the types >> of the variables to find what may not be quite as you expect. >> >> Also you did not answer the question as to whether this is in a >> migration. If so then it fraught with problems, it is not advisable >> to seed data within a migration if that is what you are doing. >> >> Colin >> >> -- >> 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27816821.html > Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > >-- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Thanks once again. I''m sorry for giving you the trouble to scroll down to see the query that I was referring to. I am quite new to nabble. henceforth, I''ll make it a point to top post such things Colin Law-4 wrote:> > On 8 March 2010 03:38, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> >> Colin, this is in a migration. >> But I did not understand the last para of your reply. > > Have a look at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk/browse_thread/thread/f23f96c71facf726 > for a discussion on why it is not a good idea to seed in migrations. > Also google for ''rails migration seed'' will provide many hits. > > Could you not top post please? If you had put the above query under > the offending paragraph we would not have had to scroll down to find > to what you were referring. Thanks. > > Colin > > As you have suggested, >> I will first try it on script/console and den let me try to know where >> exactly the error is happening. >> >> Colin Law-4 wrote: >>> >>> On 7 March 2010 00:39, mamathahl <mamatha.hl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have been facing some problem with the datatypes. I have a sample of >>>> code >>>> as follows. >>>> >>>> t.lat_rad = (l.lat * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >>>> t.lng_rad = (l.lng * BigDecimal.new("3.1415926536 / 180")).to_f >>>> >>>> Initially, the datatype of lat_rad and lng_rad was as follows: >>>> >>>> t.decimal :lat_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >>>> t.decimal :lng_rad, :precision => 15, :scale => 10 >>>> >>>> So, it gave me an error as follows: >>>> >>>> TypeError in ItemsController#populate >>>> >>>> wrong argument type BigDecimal (expected Float) >>>> >>>> Then I changed the data type of lat_rad and lng_rad to float. Even >>>> then >>>> it >>>> is giving me the same error. Any help to solve this problem will be >>>> appreciated. Thanks in advance. >>> >>> I would suggest first splitting the statement into several lines >>> performing a single operation on each line, this will enable you to >>> identify which part of the statement is generating the error. Also >>> try playing in ruby console to try and see what is going on. Finally >>> you could use ruby-debug to break in to the code and examine the types >>> of the variables to find what may not be quite as you expect. >>> >>> Also you did not answer the question as to whether this is in a >>> migration. If so then it fraught with problems, it is not advisable >>> to seed data within a migration if that is what you are doing. >>> >>> Colin >>> >>> -- >>> 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27816821.html >> Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> -- >> 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > >-- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/datatype-error-in-ROR-tp27808361p27825847.html Sent from the RubyOnRails Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.