ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::Error: ERROR: null value in column "id" violates not-null constraint

Question

I am getting the following error frequently in my application. If I restart my rails application this error will not appear for some time.

Rails - 3.1.3

Ruby - 1.9.3

ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::Error: ERROR: null value in column "id" violates not-null constraint

Directory.create(:name=>"name",:alias_name=>"name",:site_id=>2,:type=>"Directory")

(0.3ms)  BEGIN
  SQL (0.8ms)  INSERT INTO "databases" ("alias_name", "created_at", "created_by", "id", "name", "site_id", "type", "updated_at", "updated_by") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9)  [["alias_name", "name"], ["created_at", Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:46:25 IST +05:30], ["created_by", nil], ["id", nil], ["name", "name"], ["site_id", 2], ["type", "Directory"], ["updated_at", Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:46:25 IST +05:30], ["updated_by", nil]]
PG::Error: ERROR:  null value in column "id" violates not-null constraint
: INSERT INTO "databases" ("alias_name", "created_at", "created_by", "id", "name", "site_id", "type", "updated_at", "updated_by") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9)
   (0.2ms)  ROLLBACK
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: PG::Error: ERROR:  null value in column "id" violates not-null constraint
: INSERT INTO "databases" ("alias_name", "created_at", "created_by", "id", "name", "site_id", "type", "updated_at", "updated_by") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7, $8, $9)
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1034:in `get_last_result'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:1034:in `exec_cache'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:603:in `block in exec_query'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:244:in `block in log'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/notifications/instrumenter.rb:21:in `instrument'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb:239:in `log'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb:601:in `exec_query'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:63:in `exec_insert'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:90:in `insert'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:14:in `insert'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/relation.rb:70:in `insert'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/persistence.rb:313:in `create'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/timestamp.rb:51:in `create'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/callbacks.rb:268:in `block in create'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:390:in `_run_create_callbacks'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activesupport-3.1.3/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb:81:in `run_callbacks'
... 7 levels...
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/validations.rb:50:in `save'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/attribute_methods/dirty.rb:22:in `save'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:241:in `block (2 levels) in save'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:295:in `block in with_transaction_returning_status'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/database_statements.rb:192:in `transaction'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:208:in `transaction'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:293:in `with_transaction_returning_status'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:241:in `block in save'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:252:in `rollback_active_record_state!'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/activerecord-3.1.3/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:240:in `save'
    from (irb):9
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/railties-3.1.3/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:45:in `start'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/railties-3.1.3/lib/rails/commands/console.rb:8:in `start'
    from /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.3-p194-firstversion@web/gems/railties-3.1.3/lib/rails/commands.rb:40:in `<top (required)>'
    from script/rails:6:in `require'
    from script/rails:6:in `<main>'1.9.3p194 :010 >

I don't know why id is going as nil in the rails generated SQL.

Can anyone help me please !!! I am struggling lot with this error

Thanks in Advance,

Selva Chezhian

Silvers

What are the settings for the id column in your schema? Autoincrement? NULL, NOT NULL? Most likely an issue with how the id column was set up – Pronuba

id column is like not null default nextval('directories_id_seq'::regclass) – Silvers

seems you have not sequence set up for you column... – Nucleolar

Answer 1

I have same problem once. Here is my problem. I did a

rake db:schema:dump
rake db:schema:load

and the table got problem as below:

create_table "campaign_line_items_backup", :id => false, :force => true do |t|
  t.integer  "id"
  t.integer  "campaign_id"
  t.integer  "size_id"
  t.text     "name"

it should be

create_table "campaign_line_items_backup", :force => true do |t|
  t.integer  "campaign_id"
  t.integer  "size_id"
  t.text     "name"

I am not sure about your problem, That's the way I fixed mine.

Innis

Almost 2 years later and you've saved my day. – Steroid

really nice. your commands will delete the database. should have been noted – Ritchie

Answer 2

The best solution would be retrying Insert operation.

Lombardy