From: Sean Hussey <seanhussey@...>
Date: 2006-03-28T00:06:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Basic YAML help - collection of objects with attributes

Nevermind, I got it.  I just had to shift some perceptions.

YAML.load_file returns an array of arrays, which include a hash for
the sub-attributes of each object.

Got it.

Thanks!

Sean

On 3/27/06, Sean Hussey <seanhussey@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, nice, I wasn't away of "y", so that's cool.
>
> Writing isn't where I'm having the issue, though.  Once you get that
> file, how do you read it in such that (using your example) you can get
> "Guest" and the appropriate guid and ads_path?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sean
>
> On 3/25/06, Dave Burt <dave@burt.id.au> wrote:
> > Sean Hussey wrote:
> > > seanhussey:
> > >   dn: uid=seanhussey,dc=company,dc=com
> > >   anotherattr: 39392:12341
> > >
> > > Etc, for every user.  Although I write a hash to the file, when it all
> > > comes out, it's a bunch of arrays.  Trying to access pieces of data by
> > > their name doesn't work.
> > > ...
> > > How do I get to user[:uid], user[:anotherattr] and user[:dn] ?
> >
> > Why not use the YAML library to produce the file as well as consume it?
> >
> > require 'yaml'
> > require 'win32ole'
> > domain = WIN32OLE.connect("WinNT://mydomain")
> > users = {}
> > domain.each do |obj|
> >   if obj.Class == "User"
> >     users[obj.Name] = {
> >       :ads_path => obj.AdsPath,
> >       :guid => obj.Guid
> >     }
> >   end
> > end
> > y users
> >
> > Output:
> > ---
> > Guest:
> >   :guid: "{D83F1060-1E71-11CF-B1F3-02608C9E7553}"
> >   :ads_path: WinNT://MSHOME/TELPERION/Guest
> > Administrator:
> >   :guid: "{D83F1060-1E71-11CF-B1F3-02608C9E7553}"
> >   :ads_path: WinNT://MSHOME/TELPERION/Administrator
> > Dave:
> >   :guid: "{D83F1060-1E71-11CF-B1F3-02608C9E7553}"
> >   :ads_path: WinNT://MSHOME/TELPERION/Dave
> > ....
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>