This is a weird problem that only happens once in a while. Most of the time there is no problem, but occassionally, I cannot open a file. Here's some of the code.
############# ACTION 1 ######################### require 'fastercsv' require 'tmpdir' require 'yaml' # blah blah #blah
@parsed_file = FasterCSV.parse(params[:dump][:file]) # blah @temp_file = Tempfile.new("temporary_csv_file") @temp_file.write(YAML::dump(@parsed_file)) @temp_file.close ################################################
In the view, there is a button to import the file after it has been checked. ############ VIEW 1 ########### <%= button_to "Import Data", :action => :import_data, :path => @temp_file.path %> ######################
######### ACTION "IMPORT DATA" ########## require 'yaml' begin @csv_file = YAML::load(File.open(params[:path])) rescue flash[:error] = "Could not import links; error opening temporary file." redirect_to :action => :upload and return end ###########################
Most of the time, there is no problem opening the file. But sometimes, the file fails to open. It's weird because it only happens sometimes; does anyone have any suggestions on this?
Same file randomly works? Or are the files slightly different? Trap the error and spit it out instead of hiding it in the rescue. That might help figure out the cause...
Might be a UTF8 garbled-character issue. Maybe it's not a valid CSV, maybe it's unterminated...
-philip
