Re: abnormal program termination with dynamic data, but not with fixed data

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> hi everyone. I am stumped!
>
> I have code that is part of a simple persistent object manager.
> The system takes an object, builds an update statement, and
> builds the parameter list.
>
> I keep getting an abnormal program termination.  Hoever as you
> can see in the  modified code segment below, I can run the same query
> with the same data that is hand keyed and it works fine.
>
> Below, you can see that the dynamically created arrays and the
> hand keyed one are identical, but one always aborts and one works
> fine.  I am running ruby 1.8 on windows 2000 using the pragmatic
> programmers installer.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
> Walt
>
>
>
> This one ends in a segmentation fault
> ## original code ##
>         def update(obj)
>             raise SpomDBClosedException.new if closed?
>             executeCount = 0
>             dbObject = @spom.getObjectMapping(obj.class)
>             dbHandle.prepare(dbObject.updateSQL) do |sth|
>                 params = []
>                 dbObject.nonKeyFields.each{|field| params <<
> field.toDB(obj)}
>                 dbObject.keyFields.each{|field| params
> <<field.toDB(obj)}
>                 executeCount = sth.execute(*params)
>             end
>             executeCount
>         end
> ## end original code ##
>
>
>
> this modified version works.  The main difference is that I am
> executing the update with a fixed array, not the dynamically computed
>
> array.  It also has some code to compare the dynamically computed
> array, and the fixed one.  It appears that they are identical,
> however,
> the dynamically created one always ends with :
>
> C:/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/DBD/ODBC/ODBC.rb:202: [BUG]
> Segmentation fault
> ruby 1.8.0 (2003-05-26) [i386-mswin32]
>
>
> abnormal program termination
>
>
> ## modified code ##
>         def update(obj)
>             raise SpomDBClosedException.new if closed?
>             executeCount = 0
>             dbObject = @spom.getObjectMapping(obj.class)
>             dbHandle.prepare(dbObject.updateSQL) do |sth|
>                 params = []
>                 dbObject.nonKeyFields.each{|field| params <<
> field.toDB(obj)}
>                 dbObject.keyFields.each{|field| params
> <<field.toDB(obj)}
>
> puts "computed data"
> puts compData = params.join(",")
> compClasses = params.collect{|i| i.class}
> puts compClasses.join(",")
>
> keyed = [Date.today, 'aaa', 'POIL', 'line1', 'line2', 'city', 'st',
> 'zip', 'country', 'p', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',
> '10',  Date.today, '-' , '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 20, 21, 'sic',
> 'disp', 'oth3', "31", "32", "33", "34", "35", 'POIL', 999999]
>
> puts ""
> puts "hand keyed data"
> puts keyedData = keyed.join(",")
> keyedClasses = keyed.collect{|i| i.class}
> puts keyedClasses.join(",")
>
> puts ""
> puts "size (#{params.size}) same?  #{params.size == keyed.size}"
> puts "raw data same? #{params == keyed}"
> puts "joined data same? #{compData == keyedData}"
> puts "raw classes same #{compClasses == keyedClasses}"
>
> #note nothing prints
> params.each_with_index do |p, index|
>     puts "******* #{index} does NOT equal data" if p != keyed[index]
>     puts "******* #{index} does NOT equal class" if p.class !=
> keyed[index].class
> end
>
> params = keyed     #NOTE: replace dynamic data with keyed data
>
>                 executeCount = sth.execute(*params)
>             end
>             executeCount
>         end
>
> ## end modified code ##
>
> ******************
> ***** OUTPUT *****
> ******************
>
> computed data
> 2003-07-
> 12,aaa,POIL,line1,line2,city,st,zip,country,p,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,200
> 3-07-12,-,,,,,,,,20,21,sic,disp,oth3,31,32,33,34,35,POIL,999999
> Date,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,St
> ring,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,Da
> te,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,Fixnum,Fixn
> um,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,Fixn
> um
>
> hand keyed data
> 2003-07-
> 12,aaa,POIL,line1,line2,city,st,zip,country,p,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,200
> 3-07-12,-,,,,,,,,20,21,sic,disp,oth3,31,32,33,34,35,POIL,999999
> Date,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,St
> ring,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,Da
> te,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,Fixnum,Fixn
> um,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,String,Fixn
> um
>
> size (41) same?  true
> raw data same? true
> joined data same? true
> raw classes same true

Which line is line 202?

    Sean O'Dell