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Jeff Stringer
4,602 PointsGenerating the Devise Views Error
Hi,
I attempted to update the app/models/user.rb file. The user.rb file did not contain the following code which I added:
Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me, :first_name, :last_name, :profile_name # attr_accessible :title, :body
I then received the following error in my browser:
RuntimeError
attr_accessible
is extracted out of Rails into a gem. Please use new recommended protection model for params(strong_parameters) or add protected_attributes
to your Gemfile to use old one.
Extracted source (around line #8): 6 7 8 9 10 11
# Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me,
:first_name, :last_name, :profile_name
# attr_accessible :title, :body
end
Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace
app/models/user.rb:8:in <class:User>'
app/models/user.rb:1:in
<top (required)>'
config/routes.rb:2:in block in <top (required)>'
config/routes.rb:1:in
<top (required)>'
I am stuck on what is meant by using the protection model or adding the 'protected_attributes' to the Gemfile.
Any ideas?
3 Answers
Daniel Terreros
Courses Plus Student 6,178 PointsAre you using rails 4?

Jeff Stringer
4,602 PointsHi Daniel - thanks, yes I'm using Rails 4.0.0
Daniel Terreros
Courses Plus Student 6,178 Pointsattr_accessible is no longer used in rails 4.
Strong Parameters for rails 4 is not covered in a video, here is a thread I'm in with two ways of doing it
You can check my code out at VanDanny on github. (The project name is BUZZ KC).