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can't call method "seq" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/Geo/Coder/US.pm

arai
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Aug 6, 2009, 12:01 PM

Post #1 of 7 (4061 views)

can't call method "seq" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/Geo/Coder/US.pm	Can't Post

I am getting the following error:
can't call method "seq" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/Geo/Coder/US.pm

while running the following code:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
Use Geo::Coder::US;
Geo::Coder::US->set_db("geocoder.db");
my ($stadium) = Geo::Coder::US->geocode
("411 Woody Hayes Dr, Columbus, OH");
print "The Ohio State University stadium coordinates:
Latitude ($stadium->{lat}) Longitude($stadium->{long})";

Could somebody help me with this?

Thanks

KevinR
Veteran

Aug 6, 2009, 1:47 PM

Post #2 of 7 (4058 views)

Re: [arai] can't call method "seq" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/Geo/Coder/US.pm [In reply to]	Can't Post

maybe a typo but this line:

Code

Use Geo::Coder::US;

should be:

Code

use Geo::Coder::US;

"use" should be all lower-case as all of perls builtin functions are all lower-case. Although if it were"Use" the script should report a different error.
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arai
New User

Aug 6, 2009, 1:52 PM

Post #3 of 7 (4056 views)

Re: [KevinR] can't call method "seq" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/Geo/Coder/US.pm [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks for getting back. My bad. I always had "use" in lower case in my perl script. So I still need a solution.

Thanks

KevinR
Veteran

Aug 6, 2009, 1:57 PM

Post #4 of 7 (4052 views)

Re: [arai] can't call method "seq" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/Geo/Coder/US.pm [In reply to]	Can't Post

Sorry, I tried installing the module on my Strawberry perl 5.10, Vista 64 bit machine and the install failed so I can't test it.

My guess is that the set_db() argument needs to be changed to reflect where the db is on your computer/server.
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KevinR
Veteran

Aug 6, 2009, 2:01 PM

Post #5 of 7 (4050 views)

Re: [arai] can't call method "seq" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/Geo/Coder/US.pm [In reply to]	Can't Post

I did a force install but now I get another error when I run your code:

Can't locate DB_File.pm in @INC

That's as much as I want to try. Maybe someone else have a suggestion.
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arai
New User

Aug 6, 2009, 2:07 PM

Post #6 of 7 (4048 views)

Re: [KevinR] can't call method "seq" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/Geo/Coder/US.pm [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thanks for Trying Kevin!

For your error you will have to install the DB_file package from the perl package manager I guess.

My code is executing now but then it's not returning the latitude and longitude.

I'm getting the following output now:

The Ohio State University stadium coordinates: Latitude - Longitude -

KevinR
Veteran

Aug 6, 2009, 2:12 PM

Post #7 of 7 (4046 views)

Re: [arai] can't call method "seq" on an undefined value at C:/Perl/site/lib/Geo/Coder/US.pm [In reply to]	Can't Post

I see this is the modules documentation:

Consider using a web service to access this geocoder over the Internet, rather than going to all the trouble of building a database yourself. See eg/soap-client.pl, eg/xmlrpc-client.pl, and eg/rest-client.pl for different examples of working clients for the rpc.geocoder.us geocoder web service.

Did you build the database on your computer/server?

I tried installing DB_File but it fails even when I try forcing it. I don't know why, my experience with installing modules is pretty basic. But then again, I don't have the Berkley database anyway so I would have had to use a webservice like the documentation suggests.
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