On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM, mamathahl <[email protected]> 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
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