On 19 Jan 2013, at 4:21 PM, Bill Thayer <bill.tha...@live.com> wrote:
> My app stores EDA information (cad programs for designing microchips) so
> storing cell attributes in a json object and taking advantage of json rpc
> would be beneficial. I am trying out Alex's new 'json' data type and with the
> serializer and IS_JSON() validator. Using the controller function below I've
> manage to create a json object of cell parameters (aka, attributes). In the
> function's comments is the output from the function but this output fails
> validation in http://jsonlint.com/ saying that
> RESULTS:
> Parse error on line 1:
> myobj={ "L": [
> ^
> Expecting '{', '['
>
It looks like you're feeding jsonlint a string of the form "myobj={some json
object}" instead of "{some json object}". It's looking for a JSON object, which
must begin with { or [, and it's finding 'm'.
> CONTROLLER FUNCTION: (the myobj value is copied from my cell's edit page
> after being inserted into my Oracle DB.
> def json_parameters(param_names):
> """takes an array of parameter names which are attributes to a design cell
> then looks up the default value and unit in the attributes table
> and returns an array of json dictionary objects to be inserted in the
> cell's
> parameters field as a json object
> if param_names = ["L", "len", "R", "INST", "model", "REF"]
> myobj={
> "L": [
> "0.001",
> "nH"
> ],
> "len": [
> "1",
> "??m"
> ],
> "R": [
> "0.5",
> "Ohm"
> ],
> "INST": [
> "i",
> "TEXT"
> ],
> "model": [
> "m",
> "TEXT"
> ],
> "REF": [
> "r",
> "TEXT"
> ]
> }
> """
>
> params={}
> for a in param_names:
> # dbg.set_trace()
> rows =
> db(db.attribute.name.lower()==a.lower()).select(db.attribute.name,
>
> db.attribute.default_value,
>
> db.attribute.unit)
> row = rows[0]
> param = ('{}'.format(row.default_value),
> '{}'.format(row.unit))
> params.update({'{}'.format(row.name):param})
>
> return json(params)
>
> Any idea which is correct or how to fix it?
>
> Thank you,
> Bill
>
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