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Casey Clayton
16,708 PointsBuilding Social Features Code Challange
It asks Set the flash error messages if there is no friend_id parameter, so I have.
if params[:friend_id]
@friend = User.find(params[:friend_id]
else
flash[:error] = "Friend Required"
end
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Brandon Barrette
20,485 PointsMake sure that is inside the new action. I just tested it and it worked for me.
Casey Clayton
16,708 PointsCasey Clayton
16,708 PointsThe code challenge automatically supplied the def for the new method. But it is still not passing, and doesn't really tell me what is wrong with the code.
Casey Clayton
16,708 PointsCasey Clayton
16,708 PointsOddly enough I fixed it by deleting everything in the challenge and retyping it all