Re: [Help-glpk] Help with Error: [....] requires numeric data

[Andrew Makhorin]

> I am encountering this error when running a file:  The
> [parameter_name] requires numeric data. 

This error appears when, say, you define a numeric parameter in the
model section while in the data section that parameter is provided with
non-numeric data, for example:

param p;

data;

param p := "foo";

> I have asked the parameter to get data from a MySQL table column.

Make sure that the input table contains numeric data in corresponding
column.