Mysql “Time” type gives an “ArgumentError: argument out of range” in Rails if over 24 hours

Question

I\'m writing a rails application on top of a legacy mysql db which also feeds a PHP production tool. Because of this setup so its not possible for me to change the databases

Answer 1

I'm not familiar with Rails so there can be a clean, native solution to this, but if all else fails, one workaround might be writing into a VARCHAR field, then running a 2nd query to copy it over into a TIME field within mySQL:

INSERT INTO tablename (name, stringfield) 
VALUES ("My Record", "999:02:02");

UPDATE tablename SET datefield = CAST(stringfield as TIME) 
WHERE id = LAST_INSERT_ID();