Inconsistent wrapping of quotes in to_yaml - ruby

Introduction
In the below example, you can see that the header and sections 1 and 11 have been put in as plain values into the yaml, but sections 2 and 8 have been wrapped in single quotes. This seems to be happening at the to_yaml stage because in the hash everything looks ok. (I'm not simply loading a yaml and converting it back, this is just for the sake of a simplified example)
What I've tried
I've tried seeing if there are any special characters which would cause confusion, but without any luck. For example, on the word vehicle’s there is a curled apostrophe rather than a straight one ', but that is found in all sections. isn't in section 2 has the straight apostrophe. I tried adding/removing each type of apostrophe systematically in different sections to see if that would make any difference but it hasn't
foo.yml
en:
contract:
terms_and_conditions:
FF:
company: Foo Foo SA
spain_checkin_company: Foo Foo Spain SLR
title: Rental Agreement
header: "This Rental Agreement regulates the rental conditions between Foo Foo, hereinafter referred to as the Rental
Firm, and the client, identified by a valid driving license, hereinafter referred to as the Hirer, and it is ruled by all the
general and special conditions described in this agreement, unless there is any written derogation or alteration."
column_1:
section_1:
title: 1. Vehicle conditions
text: "1) The customer acknowledges having received the Vehicle and rented extras in a clean condition and with all the features working. 2) The customer will return the vehicle in a clean condition, with the same amount of fuel at the pick-up, and with all the vehicle’s features operating in a normal way, on the return date, time and location established in the Rental Agreement. Failure to meet these criteria will result in additional charges to the Hirer according to the rental firm price table. Any loss or damage in rented extras, equipment or spare parts, will be fully charged to the Hirer according to the Rental Firm price table."
section_2:
title: 2. Documents
text: "A valid vehicle driver’s license, ID or Passport and credit card (Visa or Mastercard) are required and must be presented upon the vehicle’s collection and signing of the rental agreement. If the Hirer does not bring the necessary documents, the vehicle cannot be rented and regular no show fee will apply. 2) To hold a valid license to drive in Europe is the responsibility of the Hirer 3) The Hirer should be older than 18 years old. 4) If the Hirer is under 25 years of age, purchasing the Standard Insurance plan is mandatory, and he/she isn't allowed to purchase the Basic or Full Insurance plan when renting a vehicle.
5) The credit card owner must be present at the vehicle´s collection.
"
column_2:
section_8:
title: 8. Accident / Vehicle Damage
text: "In the event of an accident or vehicle damage, the Hirer agrees to the following procedures: 1) Immediately notify the Rental Firm and police authorities of any accident, theft, robbery or other misfortune. 2) Take pictures and obtain names and addresses of all persons involved as well as witnesses, that can document what happened 3) Fill the accident report, together with other vehicles that may be involved. 4) Shall not leave the vehicle without taking all measures regarding its protection and . 5) Shall not take any responsibility or pled guilty, in the event of an accident that might hold the Rental Firm liable 6) Collect the accident report signed by all parties involved and the documents prepared by the police authorities, along with the vehicle keys, if retained (in case of vehicle theft) and send it immediately to the Rental firm. Otherwise, all insurances and coverage’s will expire, and the Hirer is liable for all expenses."
section_11:
title: 11. Liability / Security Deposit and After Rental Payments
text: "1) The security deposit can only be paid by credit card (Visa or Mastercard), and the credit card owner must be present at the pick-up. At the vehicle delivery, the Hirer is required to pay the security deposit according to the chosen Insurance option. This amount will be held in the Hirer’s credit card to ensure the excess payment in the event of robbery or accident and any other vehicle damage during the rental period. 2) If the security deposit amount is not authorized by the bank or by the credit card owner, the contract cannot be executed and the vehicle cannot be delivered. In this case, the regular cancelation policy will apply and the full booking amount will be charged to the Hirer. The security deposit will be returned to the Hirer at the end of the rental period, after an inspection by a Rental Firm member staff, who shall state the vehicle is in similar conditions compared to when it was collected. 3) Vehicle damage and equipment/extras damage costs will be charged according to the Rental Firm price table. The Hirer will also be liable for the days not rented during the vehicle reasonable repair time, according to the damages at issue. 4) In case of an accident where the Hirer does not consider himself responsible, the Rental Firm will hold the full amount of the security deposit until the insurance company states the responsibility. 5) If the damage repair costs cannot be determined immediately, the Rental Firm will hold the full amount of the security deposit. A portion of the excess can be refunded in case the final damage repair costs are lower than the amount paid. 6) The Hirer agrees that the Rental Firm is authorized to charge the credit card on file for any further amounts that may arise such as wild camping, parking tickets, fines, traffic offence penalties, tolls, damages to the van (interior or exterior) and overdue amounts. Rental Firm is entitled to verify any of the damages to the van for 30 days after the last day of the rental agreement. In the event of a fine, the Rental Firm will always attempt to forward the fine to the Hirer. On these cases, a 25€ administrative fee will be charged by the Rental Firm. In the event that it is not possible to forward the fine to the Hirer, the Rental Firm will process the fine and charge to the Hirer the total cost of the fine plus VAT and an added administrative fee of 50€. 7) Hirer must provide the Rental Firm with an alternative credit card that can be used to meet Hirer’s obligations under the Rental Firm Terms and Conditions, in case of insufficient funds, declined transactions for any reason, and cancelled or suspended credit card. 8) All unpaid invoices will be added interest, which is the highest legal rate plus a flat fee, corresponding to 20% of the unpaid amount and any compensation for occurred damages / lost profits due by law. In the event of a legal dispute somehow related with this contract, the parties agree that the jurisdiction of the pick-up location will be applied."
hash in Ruby
foo = YAML.load(File.read("#{#PATH}foo.yml"))
=> {"en"=>
{"contract"=>
{"terms_and_conditions"=>
{"FF"=>
{"company"=>"Foo Foo SA",
"spain_checkin_company"=>"Foo Foo Spain SLR",
"title"=>"Rental Agreement",
"header"=>
"This Rental Agreement regulates the rental conditions between Foo Foo, hereinafter referred to as the Rental Firm, and the client, identified by a valid driving license, hereinafter referred to as the Hirer, and it is ruled by all the general and special conditions described in this agreement, unless there is any written derogation or alteration.",
"column_1"=>
{"section_1"=>
{"title"=>"1. Vehicle conditions",
"text"=>
"1) The customer acknowledges having received the Vehicle and rented extras in a clean condition and with all the features working. 2) The customer will return the vehicle in a clean condition, with the same amount of fuel at the pick-up, and with all the vehicle’s features operating in a normal way, on the return date, time and location established in the Rental Agreement. Failure to meet these criteria will result in additional charges to the Hirer according to the rental firm price table. Any loss or damage in rented extras, equipment or spare parts, will be fully charged to the Hirer according to the Rental Firm price table."},
"section_2"=>
{"title"=>"2. Documents",
"text"=>
"A valid vehicle driver’s license, ID or Passport and credit card (Visa or Mastercard) are required and must be presented upon the vehicle’s collection and signing of the rental agreement. If the Hirer does not bring the necessary documents, the vehicle cannot be rented and regular no show fee will apply. 2) To hold a valid license to drive in Europe is the responsibility of the Hirer 3) The Hirer should be older than 18 years old. 4) If the Hirer is under 25 years of age, purchasing the Standard Insurance plan is mandatory, and he/she isn't allowed to purchase the Basic or Full Insurance plan when renting a vehicle. 5) The credit card owner must be present at the vehicle´s collection. "}},
"column_2"=>
{"section_8"=>
{"title"=>"8. Accident / Vehicle Damage",
"text"=>
"In the event of an accident or vehicle damage, the Hirer agrees to the following procedures: 1) Immediately notify the Rental Firm and police authorities of any accident, theft, robbery or other misfortune. 2) Take pictures and obtain names and addresses of all persons involved as well as witnesses, that can document what happened 3) Fill the accident report, together with other vehicles that may be involved. 4) Shall not leave the vehicle without taking all measures regarding its protection and . 5) Shall not take any responsibility or pled guilty, in the event of an accident that might hold the Rental Firm liable 6) Collect the accident report signed by all parties involved and the documents prepared by the police authorities, along with the vehicle keys, if retained (in case of vehicle theft) and send it immediately to the Rental firm. Otherwise, all insurances and coverage’s will expire, and the Hirer is liable for all expenses."},
"section_11"=>
{"title"=>"11. Liability / Security Deposit and After Rental Payments",
"text"=>
"1) The security deposit can only be paid by credit card (Visa or Mastercard), and the credit card owner must be present at the pick-up. At the vehicle delivery, the Hirer is required to pay the security deposit according to the chosen Insurance option. This amount will be held in the Hirer’s credit card to ensure the excess payment in the event of robbery or accident and any other vehicle damage during the rental period. 2) If the security deposit amount is not authorized by the bank or by the credit card owner, the contract cannot be executed and the vehicle cannot be delivered. In this case, the regular cancelation policy will apply and the full booking amount will be charged to the Hirer. The security deposit will be returned to the Hirer at the end of the rental period, after an inspection by a Rental Firm member staff, who shall state the vehicle is in similar conditions compared to when it was collected. 3) Vehicle damage and equipment/extras damage costs will be charged according to the Rental Firm price table. The Hirer will also be liable for the days not rented during the vehicle reasonable repair time, according to the damages at issue. 4) In case of an accident where the Hirer does not consider himself responsible, the Rental Firm will hold the full amount of the security deposit until the insurance company states the responsibility. 5) If the damage repair costs cannot be determined immediately, the Rental Firm will hold the full amount of the security deposit. A portion of the excess can be refunded in case the final damage repair costs are lower than the amount paid. 6) The Hirer agrees that the Rental Firm is authorized to charge the credit card on file for any further amounts that may arise such as wild camping, parking tickets, fines, traffic offence penalties, tolls, damages to the van (interior or exterior) and overdue amounts. Rental Firm is entitled to verify any of the damages to the van for 30 days after the last day of the rental agreement. In the event of a fine, the Rental Firm will always attempt to forward the fine to the Hirer. On these cases, a 25€ administrative fee will be charged by the Rental Firm. In the event that it is not possible to forward the fine to the Hirer, the Rental Firm will process the fine and charge to the Hirer the total cost of the fine plus VAT and an added administrative fee of 50€. 7) Hirer must provide the Rental Firm with an alternative credit card that can be used to meet Hirer’s obligations under the Rental Firm Terms and Conditions, in case of insufficient funds, declined transactions for any reason, and cancelled or suspended credit card. 8) All unpaid invoices will be added interest, which is the highest legal rate plus a flat fee, corresponding to 20% of the unpaid amount and any compensation for occurred damages / lost profits due by law. In the event of a legal dispute somehow related with this contract, the parties agree that the jurisdiction of the pick-up location will be applied."}}}}}}}
Outputted yaml file
File.open("#{#PATH}foo.yml", "w") do |f|
YAML.dump(foo,f)
end
(also used f.puts foo.to_yaml) with the same result
en:
contract:
terms_and_conditions:
FF:
company: Foo Foo SA
spain_checkin_company: Foo Foo Spain SLR
title: Rental Agreement
header: This Rental Agreement regulates the rental conditions between Foo
Foo, hereinafter referred to as the Rental Firm, and the client, identified
by a valid driving license, hereinafter referred to as the Hirer, and it
is ruled by all the general and special conditions described in this agreement,
unless there is any written derogation or alteration.
column_1:
section_1:
title: 1. Vehicle conditions
text: 1) The customer acknowledges having received the Vehicle and rented
extras in a clean condition and with all the features working. 2) The
customer will return the vehicle in a clean condition, with the same
amount of fuel at the pick-up, and with all the vehicle’s features operating
in a normal way, on the return date, time and location established in
the Rental Agreement. Failure to meet these criteria will result in
additional charges to the Hirer according to the rental firm price table.
Any loss or damage in rented extras, equipment or spare parts, will
be fully charged to the Hirer according to the Rental Firm price table.
section_2:
title: 2. Documents
text: 'A valid vehicle driver’s license, ID or Passport and credit card
(Visa or Mastercard) are required and must be presented upon the vehicle’s
collection and signing of the rental agreement. If the Hirer does not
bring the necessary documents, the vehicle cannot be rented and regular
no show fee will apply. 2) To hold a valid license to drive in Europe
is the responsibility of the Hirer 3) The Hirer should be older than
18 years old. 4) If the Hirer is under 25 years of age, purchasing the
Standard Insurance plan is mandatory, and he/she isn''t allowed to purchase
the Basic or Full Insurance plan when renting a vehicle. 5) The credit
card owner must be present at the vehicle´s collection. '
column_2:
section_8:
title: 8. Accident / Vehicle Damage
text: 'In the event of an accident or vehicle damage, the Hirer agrees
to the following procedures: 1) Immediately notify the Rental Firm and
police authorities of any accident, theft, robbery or other misfortune.
2) Take pictures and obtain names and addresses of all persons involved
as well as witnesses, that can document what happened 3) Fill the accident
report, together with other vehicles that may be involved. 4) Shall
not leave the vehicle without taking all measures regarding its protection
and . 5) Shall not take any responsibility or pled guilty, in the event
of an accident that might hold the Rental Firm liable 6) Collect the
accident report signed by all parties involved and the documents prepared
by the police authorities, along with the vehicle keys, if retained
(in case of vehicle theft) and send it immediately to the Rental firm.
Otherwise, all insurances and coverage’s will expire, and the Hirer
is liable for all expenses.'
section_11:
title: 11. Liability / Security Deposit and After Rental Payments
text: 1) The security deposit can only be paid by credit card (Visa or
Mastercard), and the credit card owner must be present at the pick-up.
At the vehicle delivery, the Hirer is required to pay the security deposit
according to the chosen Insurance option. This amount will be held in
the Hirer’s credit card to ensure the excess payment in the event of
robbery or accident and any other vehicle damage during the rental period.
2) If the security deposit amount is not authorized by the bank or by
the credit card owner, the contract cannot be executed and the vehicle
cannot be delivered. In this case, the regular cancelation policy will
apply and the full booking amount will be charged to the Hirer. The
security deposit will be returned to the Hirer at the end of the rental
period, after an inspection by a Rental Firm member staff, who shall
state the vehicle is in similar conditions compared to when it was collected.
3) Vehicle damage and equipment/extras damage costs will be charged
according to the Rental Firm price table. The Hirer will also be liable
for the days not rented during the vehicle reasonable repair time, according
to the damages at issue. 4) In case of an accident where the Hirer does
not consider himself responsible, the Rental Firm will hold the full
amount of the security deposit until the insurance company states the
responsibility. 5) If the damage repair costs cannot be determined immediately,
the Rental Firm will hold the full amount of the security deposit. A
portion of the excess can be refunded in case the final damage repair
costs are lower than the amount paid. 6) The Hirer agrees that the Rental
Firm is authorized to charge the credit card on file for any further
amounts that may arise such as wild camping, parking tickets, fines,
traffic offence penalties, tolls, damages to the van (interior or exterior)
and overdue amounts. Rental Firm is entitled to verify any of the damages
to the van for 30 days after the last day of the rental agreement. In
the event of a fine, the Rental Firm will always attempt to forward
the fine to the Hirer. On these cases, a 25€ administrative fee will
be charged by the Rental Firm. In the event that it is not possible
to forward the fine to the Hirer, the Rental Firm will process the fine
and charge to the Hirer the total cost of the fine plus VAT and an added
administrative fee of 50€. 7) Hirer must provide the Rental Firm with
an alternative credit card that can be used to meet Hirer’s obligations
under the Rental Firm Terms and Conditions, in case of insufficient
funds, declined transactions for any reason, and cancelled or suspended
credit card. 8) All unpaid invoices will be added interest, which is
the highest legal rate plus a flat fee, corresponding to 20% of the
unpaid amount and any compensation for occurred damages / lost profits
due by law. In the event of a legal dispute somehow related with this
contract, the parties agree that the jurisdiction of the pick-up location
will be applied.

Column 1, section 2, text contains a trailing space.
Column 2, section 8, text contains a : character followed by a space.
The specification says:
The plain (unquoted) style has no identifying indicators and provides no form of escaping. It is therefore the most readable, most limited and most context sensitive style. In addition to a restricted character set, a plain scalar must not be empty, or contain leading or trailing white space characters. It is only possible to break a long plain line where a space character is surrounded by non-spaces.
...
Plain scalars must never contain the “: ” and “ #” character combinations. Such combinations would cause ambiguity with mapping key: value pairs and comments. In addition, inside flow collections, or when used as implicit keys, plain scalars must not contain the “[”, “]”, “{”, “}” and “,” characters. These characters would cause ambiguity with flow collection structures.

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I need to find when and where this status changes? This status changes during EOD or changes with any JOB? Do anyone knows in which packages I can found logic?
I know the module where we can change manually status.
But now I need to find place where automatically changes these statuses
Thanks in advance
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Customer Credit Ranking
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Principal Overdue Amount
Principal Overdue Local Currency Equivalent Amount
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Interest Overdue Amount
Interest Overdue Local Currency Equivalent Amount
Charge Overdue Days
Charge Overdue Amount
Charge Overdue Local Currency Equivalent Amount
Account Interim Days
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The appropriation preference sequence can be modified anytime and this will be applicable for the existing accounts also.This modification will effect only for future credits and appropriation.
Component with priority 1
Select the component with first priority from the adjoining drop-down list. The options available are:
Principal
Interest
Charge
Component with priority 2
Select the component with second priority from the adjoining drop-down list. The options available are:
Principal
Interest
Charge
Component with priority 3
Select the component with third priority from the adjoining drop-down list. The options available are:
Principal
Interest
Charge
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Debit Interest OD Days
OD Limit Breach Days
OD Expiry Days
No Credit days
Account Interim Days
Debit Interest OD Days
The system processes the status change on overdraft account, if the customer fails to pay the debit interest of the overdraft account for specified number of days.
For example,
OD Utilization date: 01-Jan-2011
Days after which Status Change should happen: 90 Days
Debit interest due date: 01-Feb-2011
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OD Limit Breach Days
The system processes the status change on OD account, if the OD limit of the overdraft account is breached for a specified number of days. The system tracks the overdraft limit breach days based on the utilizations done at the line level.
OD Expiry Days
The system processes the status change on overdraft account, if the OD utilization of the overdraft account is not settled beyond the expiry date.
No Credit Days
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Logical Operators
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Operator
Description
AND
The conjunction ‘and’
OR
The conjunction ‘or’
Greater than
=
Greater than or equal to (please note that there is no space between the two symbols)
<
Less than
<=
Less than or equal to (please note that there is no space between the two symbols)
< >
Not equal to (please note that there is no space between the two symbols)
=
Equal to
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Oracle FLEXCUBE provides an account status called ‘DIDF’ for an SOD account, which is available as part of ‘Status Rule Screen’. If the ‘SOD Due Count ’or ‘SOD Overdue Days’ satisfies the condition specified in the status change rule, then the system changes the status for the account to ‘DIDF’.
While running the status change batch, the system updates the ‘No Debit’ flag as ‘Y’ for ‘DIDF’ status account. If payment for the debit interest happens on the SOD account against the utilized amount, and if on recalculation the value of SDE ‘SOD Due Count’, or ‘SOD Overdue Days’ is not met, the status batch changes the status of the OD account from ‘DIDF’ to the previous account status and updates the ‘No Debit’ flag as ‘N’.
For more information you can check the CASA user manual

Square payments: How to protect 'cards on file' from a data breach

I'm in the early stages of integrating Square payments. It makes sense in my application to allow users to save their card details, as we expect multiple small transactions. Square calls this feature 'cards on file'.
As part of this process you create a customer and a related card in Square's system; IDs for these will be held in my system and associated with my users; that way when they come to pay again they can select the option of using a card on file. The API to actually charge the card simply takes these two IDs and an amount.
What worries me is that my database is holding all the data necessary to charge a customer's card; I could write a script which just charges all of my customers an amount of money - naturally a hacker with access to my data could do the same thing.
I wasn't expecting to have this level of risk in my system - my assumption was that Square would have isolated me from this (via some sort of user challenge for missing data - e.g. the CCV number). It seems the safe option is to not use the 'card on file' feature and have the user re-enter every time.
Is this right, or have I completely misunderstood something here?
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I did miss something - as any charge made on a customer's saved card is credited to my account (as configured in the Square portal), the only beneficiary of any fraudulent charge would be be me. A hacker could not get access to funds and therefore the risk is limited in scope.
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Does balanced payment api validate these?

does api validate balanced payment
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1) Customer
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For address verification: https://docs.balancedpayments.com/1.1/overview/resources/#address-verification-service-avs
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Magento: Adding a Product: Tier Price

I was wondering whether anyone could guide me on the purpose
of the Tier Price section when adding a product to the catalog.
What is a tier price and how does this section of the page work
in terms of what can be accomplished with this field?
Magento documentation is a bit limited, not sure where to find
this information, and would like to have a grasp on the genric
concept as well as the details.
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10 | $13
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