You're using the syntax of serialize properly. The problem looks like it's in the JSON.load method not properly handling a nil value:
def load(source, proc = nil) if source.respond_to? :to_str source = source.to_str elsif source.respond_to? :to_io source = source.to_io.read else source = source.read end result = parse(source, :max_nesting => false, :allow_nan => true) recurse_proc(result, &proc) if proc result end Basically it gets to the line "source = source.read" and throws up because source is nil and nil doesn't have a read method. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-talk/-/B_8fLKQOwqwJ. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.