From: Todd Breiholz <talanb@...>
Date: 2006-02-08T02:49:08+09:00
Subject: Problem with https connection in Ruby 1.8.4

I'm getting the following error when executing in Ruby 1.8.4 (tried it
both on Windows and OS X). I did not see this problem in 1.8.2.

Here is the code:

    def init_server(url)
      @url = URI.parse(url)
      @server = Net::HTTP.new(@url.host, @url.port)
      @server.use_ssl = @url.scheme == 'https'
      @server.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

      # run ruby with -d to see SOAP wiredumps.
      @server.set_debug_output $stderr if show_debug
    end

And here is the error:

NoMethodError: You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
The error occured while evaluating nil.verify_mode
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:565:in `connect'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:555:in `do_start'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:544:in `start'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:1031:in `request'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/net/http.rb:988:in `post2'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesalesforce-0.2.2/lib/rforce.rb:230:in
`call_remote'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesalesforce-0.2.2/lib/rforce.rb:185:in
`login'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesalesforce-0.2.2/lib/salesforce_connection_adapter.rb:72:in
`activesalesforce_connection'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:145:in
`connection_without_query_cache='
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.2/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:54:in
`connection='
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:106:in
`retrieve_connection'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_specification.rb:20:in
`connection'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:931:in
`add_limit!'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:924:in
`construct_finder_sql'
        from e:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-1.13.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:395:in
`find'

I found a reference to the same problem on a Debian bug list
(http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg149314.html)
but no resolution.

Did something change between 1.8.2 and 1.8.4 in regards to handling
HTTPS connections?

Thanks!

Todd Breiholz