From: unbewusst.sein@... (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Une_B=E9v?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?ue?=) Date: 2007-10-12T17:00:02+09:00 Subject: SQLite3::SQLException: no such function: get_zy_string with this script : require 'sqlite3' db = SQLite3::Database.new( "backpb.db" ) rows = db.execute( "select distinct UID, lastName, firstName, fullLastName from devicephonebook" ) rows.each { | row | db.execute( "UPDATE devicephonebook SET lastName = '#{row[1].name_capitalize}', firstName = '#{row[2].name_capitalize}', fullLastName = '#{row[1].name_capitalize}#{row[2].name_capitalize}' WHERE UID = #{row[0]}") } i get the following error : SQLite3::SQLException: no such function: get_zy_string method check in errors.rb at line 94 method initialize in statement.rb at line 71 method new in database.rb at line 184 method prepare in database.rb at line 184 method execute in database.rb at line 211 at top level in test.rb at line 35 method each in test.rb at line 34 at top level in test.rb at line 34 line 35 being "db.execute( "UPDATE devicephonebook SET ..." ) I don't understand this error message... For info, here is my String#name_capitalize : PARTICULES = [ "de", "di", "von", "van" ] class String def name_capitalize if self.include?("-") l = self.split("-") lo = [] l.each { |ll| lo << ll.capitalize } return lo.join("-") elsif self.include?(" ") l = self.split(" ") lo = [] l.each { |ll| if PARTICULES.include? ll lo << ll else lo << ll.capitalize end } return lo.join(" ") else return self.capitalize end end end doing such capitalizations : pavin de lafarge -o-> Pavin de Lafarge marie-claude -o-> Marie-Claude von beethoven -o-> von Beethoven Smith -o-> Smith -- Une B�vue