Help: undefined method `name' for #<Status:0x000001026a8800>

Hey Adam, try following along with Jim in this video and see if that helps: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/programming-2/build-a-simple-version-of-facebook/customizing-forms/getting-the-latest-changes

Thanks, Jason & Devon!

When I saw that I'd broke the page, I assumed that I'd done something incorrectly and I didn't think there was any point in continuing until I'd fixed my mistake.

It would be nice if there was a head's up that told you to expect broken code and to keep watching. :-)

I'm glad to be back on track!

Well, I'm glad someone else posted this, I thought I had a typo somewhere.

I just ran into the same issue while following along in the "Getting the Latest Changes Video". It shows the same "Undefined method'name'..." error. Maybe it's because in the "add_user_id_to_statuses" migrate we deleted the "name" column from our statuses db:

remove_column :statuses, :name

In the "_form" partial, it assigns a value to the "name" column (I think):

<div class="field">
<%= f.label :name %><br />
<%= f.text_field :name %> #assigning a value to non-existant :name column
  </div>

In the "show" view, it calls the name column again:

<p>
<b>Name:</b>
<%= @status.name %>
</p>

If I replace every "name" with a column that still exists, like "user_id", then I can get the pages to show up. That can't be right though. Did I miss something?

Yep, it helps to watch the video :)

Just to echo previous comments, I think the "getting the latest changes" video should be altered or prefaced since the first 6 minutes or so are a bit confusing:

• Jim shows making a status post. But as we removed "name" in the previous video we can't post one ourselves. Gives the viewer the impression they goofed somewhere
• Jim also removes the name element and replaces it with a text entry of "Name" to show his existing statuses have been updated (and the page can load). Again in the previous video, we were prompted to remove our old statuses so this is a step we can't do
• Signup: We go through the signup process again but we've already done this.

Minor quibbles, but it might be helpful to take a look at tweaking this video to avoid confusion...

I'm running into that same issue with the full_name problem:

undefined method `full_name' for nil:NilClass

You say that as you go along it gets fixed so not to worry about it? I have passed the whole Customizing Forms section... keep going and it gets fixed or have I gone too far now for it still to be broken???

I have watched the videos in that section multiple times now and still am having that problem.

the problem is saying to be located in my index.html.erb file on line #9:

<strong><%= status.user.full_name %></strong>

I am receiving the same error, the video is very misleading. But it is also a cool problem to look into.