[#399938] how to read arrary with an array — "Richard D." <lists@...>

Hello. I believe this is basic question, but I'm just starting to learn

19 messages 2012/10/02

[#400050] img src while sending email ruby cgi — Ferdous ara <lists@...>

Hi

16 messages 2012/10/05

[#400351] Drop 1st and last particular character — ajay paswan <lists@...>

What is the most efficient way to drop '#' from the first place and last

15 messages 2012/10/16

[#400374] database part of a desktop application — "Sebastjan H." <lists@...>

Hi,

14 messages 2012/10/16
[#400375] Re: database part of a desktop application — Chad Perrin <code@...> 2012/10/16

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 05:28:39AM +0900, Sebastjan H. wrote:

[#400377] Re: database part of a desktop application — sto.mar@... 2012/10/17

Am 16.10.2012 23:24, schrieb Chad Perrin:

[#400389] Re: database part of a desktop application — Chad Perrin <code@...> 2012/10/17

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 01:39:21PM +0900, sto.mar@web.de wrote:

[#400386] Unable to send attachment, and dealing with multiple attachment — ajay paswan <lists@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2012/10/17

[#400454] Hash with Integer key issue — Wayne Simmerson <lists@...>

Hi Im new to Ruby and am getting some unexpected results from a

18 messages 2012/10/19

[#400535] Name/symbol/object type clash? What is happening here? — Todd Benson <caduceass@...>

It's nonsense code, but I'm curious as to what is going on behind the scenes...

41 messages 2012/10/23

[#400556] Calling a method foo() or an object foo.method_call_here - both — Marc Heiler <lists@...>

Hello.

13 messages 2012/10/24

[#400650] OpenSSL ECDSA public key from private — Nokan Emiro <uzleepito@...>

Hi,

11 messages 2012/10/27

[#400680] Passing folder as argument ARGV? — Joz Private <lists@...>

Is there an easy way to pass multiple files on the command line?

15 messages 2012/10/28
[#400681] Re: Passing folder as argument ARGV? — brad smith <bradleydsmith@...> 2012/10/28

How are you traversing the directory you pass in on the command line ?

[#400697] File.readable? and /proc — Jeff Moore <lists@...>

root@nail:/projects/proc_fs# uname -a

13 messages 2012/10/28

[#400714] Marshal.load weird issue — "Pierre J." <lists@...>

Hi guys

12 messages 2012/10/28

[#400781] bug?: local variable created in if modifier not available in modified expression — "Mean L." <lists@...>

irb(main):001:0> local1 if local1 = "created"

21 messages 2012/10/30
[#400807] Re: bug?: local variable created in if modifier not available in modified expression — Bartosz Dziewoński <matma.rex@...> 2012/10/31

Oh, and in case it wasn't apparent: you can just add

[#400808] Re: bug?: local variable created in if modifier not available in modified expression — Eliezer Croitoru <eliezer@...> 2012/10/31

On 10/31/2012 4:52 PM, Bartosz Dziewoナгki wrote:

[#400809] Re: bug?: local variable created in if modifier not available in modified expression — Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...> 2012/10/31

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Eliezer Croitoru <eliezer@ngtech.co.il>wrote:

[#400784] REXML & HTMLentities incorrectly map to UTF-8 — "Mark S." <lists@...>

I have some XML data (UTF 8) that I'm trying to convert into another XML

13 messages 2012/10/30

Re: Models classes from CSVs

From: Florian Gilcher <flo@...>
Date: 2012-10-22 22:00:32 UTC
List: ruby-talk #400516
On Oct 22, 2012, at 11:33 PM, Todd Sanders <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:

> I have 8 csv dumps that I receive nightly.  I have to transform them
> into XML and FTP them.  So far I have been able to complete this task.
> Now the requirements are to match some records up between csv dumps.
> 
> I did not want to load all the files into a database, as I only work
> with each nights data.  I thought I could convert the csv to a model
> after parsing it.  I am unable to find information on converting the CSV
> to active record or an active-model (not sure either one of these ideas
> are correct approach).

ActiveRecord requires a database. Persisting data in an SQL-database is
the whole point of the library.

ActiveModel is an interface that generalises common tasks with model-like data.
It works by giving you a general implementation in which you have to fill out the
blanks. ActiveRecord one of such implementations. Writing a fully-fledged 
AM-implementation for a bit of CSV data might be a bit too much.

There are multiple approaches:

1) Just use plain old ruby objects and than match them by arranging the corresponding
objects in memory. Its a bit more legwork, but depending on your dataset size, it shouldn't
be too difficult.
2) If the task is more complex, why not connect ActiveRecord, DataMapper or Sequel to an 
in-memory-SQLite database ("sqlite://:memory:", afaik)? This gives you all the power of the 
corresponding lib, but without the headache of handling a DB server.

I hope this gives you a few pointers. Without knowing the actual tasks and the size of those 
files, its hard to make good suggestions.

Regards,
Florian


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