From: Michael Litchard Date: 2008-06-09T06:21:13+09:00 Subject: How do I debug mysql syntax problems in ruby code? ------=_Part_13861_15561526.1212960156999 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline So, I have a mysql syntax problem in my ruby code. Being new to both, I'm not sure how to proceed. Here's the code. !/usr/pkg/bin/ruby18 -w # simple.rb - simple MySQL script using Ruby DBI module require "dbi" require "generator" begin lines= Array.new dbh = DBI.connect("DBI:mysql:test:localhost","root","") dbh.do("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS map") dbh.do("CREATE TABLE map ( zip INT UNSIGNED, st_abv CHAR(2), latitude FLOAT, longitude FLOAT, #experiment city CHAR(20), state CHAR(20), PRIMARY KEY (zip))") sth = dbh.prepare("INSERT INTO map (zip,st_abv,lat,long,city,state) VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)") File.open("new.csv", "r") do |f| f.each_line do |line| lines.push(line.gsub(/\"/, '\'')) end #lines.each {|line| print line } end lines.each do |line| zip,st_abv,lat,long,city,state = line.chomp.split(",") print zip,st_abv,lat,long,city,state print "\n" sth.execute(zip, st_abv, lat, long, city, state) end sth.finish rescue DBI::DatabaseError => e puts "An error occurred" puts "Error code: #{e.err}" puts "Error message: #{e.errstr}" ensure dbh.disconnect if dbh end Here's the text file I'm using "00968", "PR", " 18.408479", " -66.10250", "Guaynabo", "Puerto Rico" "00969", "PR", " 18.366981", " -66.10889", "Guaynabo", "Puerto Rico" "00971", "PR", " 18.329688", " -66.11876", "Guaynabo", "Puerto Rico" "00976", "PR", " 18.346767", " -66.00561", "Trujillo Alto", "Puerto Rico" "00979", "PR", " 18.431885", " -66.01270", "Carolina", "Puerto Rico" "00982", "PR", " 18.409345", " -65.99313", "Carolina", "Puerto Rico" "00983", "PR", " 18.414408", " -65.97582", "Carolina", "Puerto Rico" "00985", "PR", " 18.374896", " -65.94691", "Carolina", "Puerto Rico" "00987", "PR", " 18.372228", " -65.96275", "Carolina", "Puerto Rico" "009HH", "PR", " 18.435287", " -66.06653", "", "Puerto Rico" and here's the error message I got $ ./test_slurp.rb '00968' 'PR' ' 18.408479' ' -66.10250' 'Guaynabo' 'Puerto Rico' An error occurred Error code: 1064 Error message: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'long,city,state) VALUES('\'00968\'', ' \'PR\'', ' \' 18.408' at line 1 thanks for your help gang. ------=_Part_13861_15561526.1212960156999--