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James Whiting
39,124 Pointsattr_accessible issue in module's user.rb file
attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me, :first_name, :last_name, :profile_name
I have to comment this out to get rails server to work. Why? and how do I fix this.
6 Answers
Nick Fuller
9,027 PointsCan you post the error message as well as the file?
James Whiting
39,124 PointsTHE ERROR when loading localhost:3000/ :
NoMethodError in StatusesController#index undefined method `attr_accessible' for #<Class:0x007fdc779a99e8>
Extracted source (around line #2):
class Status < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :content, :user_id
belongs_to :user
end
Rails.root: /Users/MacHD/Projects/treebook
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace
app/models/status.rb:2:in <class:Status>'
app/models/status.rb:1:in<top (required)>'
app/controllers/statuses_controller.rb:7:in `index'
Request
Parameters:
None
THE FILE 'status.rb':
class Status < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :content, :user_id
belongs_to :user
end
Nick Fuller
9,027 PointsAre you using rails 4? or Rails 3?
James Whiting
39,124 PointsRails 4.1.1
Nick Fuller
9,027 PointsRails 4 introduced strong_parameters instead of using attr_accessible
So you're calling a method that no longer exists
James Whiting
39,124 PointsOK. I will look into it. Thanks so much.