ActiveRecord problems with 4.1.13

I have MySQL 4.1.13, Rails 0.13.1, and Ruby 1.8.2
on Sun Sparc Solaris9

I’m getting, with warnings on:

pnumber is "00149246 "
exception is You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use
near ‘"00149246 " LIMIT 1’ at line 1
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/validations.rb:687:
warning: instance variable @errors not initialized
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:336:
warning: instance variable @cse_modules not initialized
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:336:
warning: instance variable @cse_modules not initialized

Duplicate entry ‘"00149246 "’ for key 2, Duplicate entry
‘"00149246 "’ for key 2
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:119:in
query' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:119:inexecute’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb:113:in
insert' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:1155:increate_without_callbacks’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:261:in
create_without_timestamps' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb:30:increate’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:1139:in
create_or_update_without_callbacks' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:249:increate_or_update’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/base.rb:965:in
save_without_validation' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/validations.rb:650:insave_without_transactions’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:128:in
save' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:128:intransaction’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:93:in
transaction' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:120:intransaction’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:128:in
save' /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.11.1/lib/active_record/validations.rb:656:insave!’
populate_tables2.rb:444:in update_database' populate_tables2.rb:434:ineach’
/usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/set.rb:189:in each_key' /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/set.rb:189:ineach’
populate_tables2.rb:434:in `update_database’
populate_tables2.rb:489
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And my update databases method looks like this:

def update_database
  @students.each do |student|
    puts "pnumber is #{student.pnumber}"
    begin
      orig_student = Student.find_first(:pnumber => student.pnumber)
      puts "orig_student.pnumber is #{orig_student.pnumber}"
    rescue Exception => e
      puts "exception is #{e}"
      orig_student = nil
    end
    if orig_student.nil? # i.e. nothing found
      student.save!
    else
      orig_student.update_attributes(
                                :surname => student.surname,
                                :birth_dt => student.birth_dt,
                                :picture => student.picture,
                                :coll_status => student.coll_status
                               )
    end
  end
  @cse_modules.each do |cse_module|
    orig_cse_module = CseModule.find_first(:aos_code => 

cse_module.aos_code) rescue nil
if orig_cse_module.nil?
cse_module.save!
else
orig_cse_module.update_attributes(
:dept_code =>
cse_module.dept_code,
:aos_type =>
cse_module.aos_type,
:full_desc =>
cse_module.full_desc
)
end
end
# This next line should sort out the join table.
@student_modules.each do |student, modules|
the_student = Student.find_first(:pnumber => student.pnumber)
modules.each do |cse_module|
the_cse_module = CseModule.find_first(:aos_code =>
cse_module.aos_code)
the_cse_module.students << the_student
end
end
end

Questions I have about this:

How can the syntax be wrong? Do I need to update rails? I’m reluctant
to do so given the number of problem reports relating to 0.14.x Maybe
update MySQL?

Is this the correct way to sort out join tables?

    Thank you,
    Hugh

I think I’ve solved this now:
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Hugh S. wrote:

I have MySQL 4.1.13, Rails 0.13.1, and Ruby 1.8.2
on Sun Sparc Solaris9

I’m getting, with warnings on:

pnumber is "00149246 "
exception is You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘"00149246 " LIMIT 1’ at line 1
[…]
And my update databases method looks like this:

def update_database
  @students.each do |student|
    puts "pnumber is #{student.pnumber}"
    begin
      orig_student = Student.find_first(:pnumber => student.pnumber) 

Should have been (:conditions => [“pnumber = ?”, student.pnumber])
or find_pnumber(student.pnumber)…

    Hugh