From: "James F. Hranicky" <jfh@...>
Date: 2004-10-13T02:10:05+09:00
Subject: YAML: Integers in YPATH

It seems that when I do a YPATH select on a node that
contains an integer, I get nothing in return. However, 
when the node is a string, the select works.

Here's the YAML file:

    ---------- x.yaml ------------

    Domains                         : 
      my.domain.com                 :
        Networks                    :
            192.168.0.0-24          :
                Hosts               :
                    0               :
                        Name        :   net192-168
                        Ether       :   NONE
                    1               :
                        Name        :   route192-168
                        Ether       :   00:00:00:00:00:01
                        Arch        :   gateway
                    x2              :
                        Name        :   myserv
                        Ether       :   00:00:00:00:00:02
                        Arch        :   x86
                        OS          :   linux

    ---------- x.yaml ------------

Here's the ruby script

    ---------- x.rb   ------------
    y = File.open(ARGV.shift).read
    node = ARGV.shift
    p YAML.parse(y).select("/Domains/*/Networks/*/Hosts/#{node}").transform
    ---------- x.rb   ------------

Here's the output:

    % ruby /tmp/x.rb /tmp/x.yaml 1
    []
    % ruby /tmp/x.rb /tmp/x.yaml x2
    [{"Name"=>"myserv", "Arch"=>"x86", "OS"=>"linux", "Ether"=>2}]

Is there any way to get the select to work without changing the 1
to "1" or using !str every time?

Jim