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Ruby

NoMethodError in Statuses#new

Here's what's happening when I try creating a new status:

Showing /Users/Wilson/Projects/treebook/app/views/statuses/_form.html.erb where line #14 raised:

undefined method `+' for nil:NilClass

       </div>
 <% end %>

 <%= f.input :user_id, collection: User.all, label_method: :full_name %>
 <%= f.input :content %>
 <div class="form-actions">
 <%= f.button :submit %>

If I change it to :first_name, it works like a charm.

Here's what the user.rb file looks like:

devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
:recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable

# Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
attr_accessible :first_name, :last_name, :profile_name, :email, :password, :password_confirmation

has_many :statuses

def full_name
first_name + " " + last_name
end

1 Answer

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Do all of your users have a first_name attribute set? That may be what's breaking it.