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Jerome Johnson
6,716 PointsCreating Relationships Error undefined method `full_name' for nil:NilClass
So I've been stuck on this for awhile and have read some of the other discussions on this, but I still haven't been able to figure it out myself.
I followed everything exactly as in the tutorial, yet I continue to get this error:
NoMethodError in Statuses#show
Showing /Users/jeromecjohnson/Desktop/treehouse- rails/newshare/app/views/statuses/show.html.erb where line #5 raised:
undefined method `full_name' for nil:NilClass Extracted source (around line #5):
2: 3: <p> 4: <b>Name:</b> 5: <%= @status.user.full_name %> 6: <p> 7: <b>Content:</b> 8: <%= @status.content %> Rails.root: /Users/jeromecjohnson/Desktop/treehouse-rails/newshare
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace
app/views/statuses/show.html.erb:5:in _app_views_statuses_show_html_erb__4325490691339574105_2181330260'
app/controllers/statuses_controller.rb:18:inshow'
I'm thinking its because my "first_name" and "last_name" variables aren't set. How can I set these vars? Also, if that isn't the problem, what is it?
1 Answer
David Zhang
12,363 PointsYou must first create this method before using it. Did you write the method "full_name" in a helper, or a library?
Jerome Johnson
6,716 PointsJerome Johnson
6,716 PointsI defined the method in the user.rb model, I'll try it as a helper