# ActionWebService : decimal is not a valid base type **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 2, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-decimal-is-not-a-valid-base-type/84250 "2007-02-02T18:06:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giantcranes)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-decimal-is-not-a-valid-base-type/84250/1 "2007-02-02T18:06:50Z")
Hi, I have searched for an answer to this, and have found a ticket which seems to address the error: [http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/6676](http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/6676) I am, however, getting a ‘decimal is not a valid base type’ error when trying to return an ActiveRecord model which has a decimal value. Agile Web D. with Rails v2 does not list decimal as a supported parameter type. Is decimal supported? If not, how should this be solved? Thanks, GiantCranes ---
**Author:** ![giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giantcranes)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 6:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-decimal-is-not-a-valid-base-type/84250/2 "2007-02-02T18:15:57Z")
On 2/2/07, Giant C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Agile Web D. with Rails v2 does not list decimal as a supported > parameter type. Is decimal supported? If not, how should this be solved? > > Thanks, > GiantCranes Decimal is not a valid base type - use float in your parameter signature. – Zack C. [http://depixelate.com](http://depixelate.com) ---
**Author:** ![giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giantcranes)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-decimal-is-not-a-valid-base-type/84250/3 "2007-02-02T18:29:00Z")
On 2/2/07, Giant C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is it possible to override the decimal type at this level? If not, where > should I do this? It’s a bug. I ran into it in rc1 with postgresql and filed a ticket a while ago. Been long enough I can’t remember how I worked around it. Chris ---
**Author:** ![giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giantcranes)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-decimal-is-not-a-valid-base-type/84250/4 "2007-02-02T18:23:25Z")
> Decimal is not a valid base type - use float in your parameter > signature. Thanks. My return type is an array of ActiveRecord objects, and they have a decimal type defined. My api\_method is: api\_method :get\_vehicles, :returns =\> [[Vehicle]] Is it possible to override the decimal type at this level? If not, where should I do this? Thanks, GiantCranes ---
**Author:** ![giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giantcranes)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-decimal-is-not-a-valid-base-type/84250/5 "2007-02-02T18:57:34Z")
> It’s a bug. I ran into it in rc1 with postgresql and filed a ticket a > while ago. Been long enough I can’t remember how I worked around it. Thanks, I notice that it was addressed in changeset 5670 and this hasn’t made it into 1.2.1. [http://dev.rubyonrails.org/changeset/5670](http://dev.rubyonrails.org/changeset/5670) I’m not sure what to do now. I could change my db schema to use floats instead of decimal. I could also use edge rails. I’m relatively new to rails, any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giantcranes)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-decimal-is-not-a-valid-base-type/84250/6 "2007-02-02T19:00:03Z")
The ticket [http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/6676](http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/6676) has been closed, but changes have not been merged into rails 1.2 branch. On 2/2/07, Giant C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > ## – Kent > **[DATANOISE.COM](https://www.datanoise.com)** > > DATANOISE.COM - Contact us for any business inquiries ---
**Author:** ![giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giantcranes)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-decimal-is-not-a-valid-base-type/84250/7 "2007-04-17T15:15:21Z")
Hi, I am now facing the same problem, and I want to ask you, if you’ve found a solution? I use rails 1.2.3 and I am horribly new at ruby and rails, so it would be great, if you could give me a hint 😉 regards Katya On 2 Feb., 20:02, Giant C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@giantcranes](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/giantcranes)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/actionwebservice-decimal-is-not-a-valid-base-type/84250/8 "2007-02-02T19:02:46Z")
Kent S. wrote: > The ticket [http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/6676](http://dev.rubyonrails.org/ticket/6676) has been closed, but > changes have not been merged into rails 1.2 branch. Ok, I am going to take a deep breath and jump over onto edge rails.