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Re: December 16th Meeting

wildo...@gmail.com (Wil Doane) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:41:10 UT

I heard bits of the cookie recipe last night... Do you suppose I could
get it from you, Linda? :)

Re: December 16th Meeting

justin.valent...@gmail.com (Justin Valentini) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:03:04 UT

Just got my car back; I'll be there!

Re: December 16th Meeting

tom.x.por...@gmail.com (Thomas Porter) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:53:11 UT

Linda and I will be there! (Perhaps some cookies as well)

Tom P.

Re: ActiveRecord: Error inserting bigint into PostgreSQL DB

mdipp...@gmail.com (Michael Dippery) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:04:07 UT

Well, as it turns out, the problem is that I’m an idiot. I had another column that also stored large integers, but I _thought_ the integers being inserted were small enough to fit into a 32-bit integer datatype. That was partly true — the integer was small enough to fit into a 32-bit _unsigned_ integer — but, of course, a PostgreSQL integer is a _signed_ datatype, which for some reason I forgot. Once I fixed that issue, the problem went away.

Re: December 16th Meeting

mar...@marnen.org (Marnen Laibow-Koser) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:46:04 UT

On Dec 16, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Mark Menard <mark-google....@mjm.net>
wrote:

Can't make it, unfortunately. I've been playing with Monkeybars and
Swinger, and I would have liked to introduce that...

Doesn't Rawr already do that? Or can't those class files be called
from Java?

Re: December 16th Meeting

arma...@dicianno.org (Armando Di Cianno) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:16:36 UT

I'll probably attend as well.

__armando

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Dallas DeVries

Re: ActiveRecord: Error inserting bigint into PostgreSQL DB

arma...@dicianno.org (Armando Di Cianno) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:12:47 UT

Hrm, works directly from psql here:

foo=> CREATE TABLE fum ( num bigint );
CREATE TABLE
foo=> INSERT INTO fum (num) VALUES (536870912000);
INSERT 0 1
foo=> SELECT * FROM fum;
num
--------------
536870912000
(1 row)

Are you trying this from the Rails app or from script/console? If so,

Re: December 16th Meeting

dallas.devr...@gmail.com (Dallas DeVries) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:01:04 UT

I should be there.

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 16, 2009, at 11:42 AM, Mark Menard <mark-google....@mjm.net>
wrote:

ActiveRecord: Error inserting bigint into PostgreSQL DB

mdipp...@gmail.com (Michael Dippery) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:55:52 UT

Hi everyone,

I have another quick question for the group. I’m working on a Rails app backed by a PostgreSQL 8.1 database. I’m trying to insert large numbers into the database. Specifically, I’m trying to insert the value 536,870,912,000, which is, of course, greater than the max value for a 32-bit integer. I believe Postgres integer columns are 4 bytes, so I changed the column type to be a bigint, which should allow 8-byte values. 536,870,912,000 is less than the max value for a 64-bit integer, but when trying to insert into the database, I get this error: “PGError: ERROR: integer out of range”. Examining the database via Postgres’s console reports that the column is, in fact, a bigint:

Re: December 16th Meeting

mark-google....@mjm.net (Mark Menard) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:42:32 UT

I just spoke with Jim. He plans on being there. So, the meeting is
on.

Mark

Re: December 16th Meeting

mark-google....@mjm.net (Mark Menard) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:34:07 UT

Well, I think Jim is out with the arrival of his daughter. I'm going
to call him and check in. I'm wondering if this makes sense? Neal are
you on here? Thoughts?

Mark

Re: December 16th Meeting

wildo...@gmail.com (Wil Doane) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:37:46 UT

Being the loyal n00b, I'm planning on being there, unless someone
calls it due to a plague of... well, plague...

-Wil

Re: December 16th Meeting

and...@badera.us (Andrew Badera) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:08:15 UT

swine flu! oink oink!

I'm out. Too much work. Happy holidays everybody.

--Andy Badera

Re: December 16th Meeting

rassilon2...@gmail.com (Gemma Hentsch) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:00:56 UT

see everybody next month :)

- Gemma

Re: December 16th Meeting

mdipp...@gmail.com (Michael Dippery) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:52:52 UT

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it either, but I hope to see everyone next month!

— Michael