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Ruby Advanced Social Features in Ruby on Rails Uploading Files Attaching Files: Part 2

Posted by Roy Fiegenschue
Roy Fiegenschue
2,153 Points

Can't mass-assign protected attributes: attachement

I can attach a file but after I click post it give this error:

Can't mass-assign protected attributes: attachement

Has anyone come across this yet?

2 Answers

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points
Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

You have to add that to attr_accessible. So if you have an "asset" on the picture model, in picture.rb you need to add ":asset" to the attr_accessible.

class Picture < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :album
  belongs_to :user
  attr_accessible :caption, :description, :asset
Roy Fiegenschue
Roy Fiegenschue
2,153 Points
Roy Fiegenschue
Roy Fiegenschue
2,153 Points

Got it, thanks and thanks for the quick repoonse!