From: Fransiscus Xaverius Date: 2007-12-14T01:41:09+09:00 Subject: How do I convert string/text from column to hash ??? Hello All... I am newb in RoR, i have problem to convert data from database to hash. Example: * before I save data to MySQL DB to column 'budget_list', the hash is : @market_budget = [[BMW5, 2007-12-26, 30000], [BMW3, 2007-12-31, 150000], [HONDA1, 2007-12-19, 10000], [HONDA2, 2007-12-31, 10000], [JAGUAR5, 2007-12-28, 50000], [JAGUAR11, 2007-12-18, 70000]] * Data after stored in column 'budget_list' with text type data in MySQL DB: --- - - 101 - BMW5 - 2007-12-26 - 30000 - - 102 - BMW3 - 2007-12-31 - 150000 - - 22 - HONDA1 - 2007-12-19 - 10000 - - 23 - HONDA2 - 2007-12-31 - 10000 - - 26 - JAGUAR5 - 2007-12-28 - 50000 - - 27 - JAGUAR11 - 2007-12-18 - 70000 Now i want call data from column 'budget_list' to be like hash again, before hash stored to db. How I can make data budget_list to be : @market_budget = [[BMW5, 2007-12-26, 30000], [BMW3, 2007-12-31, 150000], [HONDA1, 2007-12-19, 10000], [HONDA2, 2007-12-31, 10000], [JAGUAR5, 2007-12-28, 50000], [JAGUAR11, 2007-12-18, 70000]] Please help me, thank you very much. FX -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.