NoMethodError in Users#index undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass

Question

Hello I have this error and I have no idea how to fix it. Any help?

ruby *********index.html.rb*********************

<h1>Listing Users</h1>

<table> <thead> <tr> <th>First name</th> <th>Last name</th> <th>Email</th> <th>Date of birth</th> <th>Gender</th> <th>Password_hash</th> <th colspan="3"></th> </tr> </thead>

<tbody>
  <% @users.each do |user| %>
    <tr>
      <td><%= user.first_name %></td>
      <td><%= user.last_name %></td>
      <td><%= user.email %></td>
      <td><%= user.date_of_birth %></td>
      <td><%= user.gender %></td>
      <td><%= user.password_hash %></td>
      <td><%= link_to 'Show', user %></td>
      <td><%= link_to 'Edit', edit_user_path(user) %></td>
      <td><%= link_to 'Destroy', user, method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' } %></td>
    </tr>
  <% end %> 
</tbody>

</table>

<br>

<%= link_to 'New User', new_user_path %>

</div>

class User < ActiveRecord::Base # Include default devise modules. Others available are: # :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable

before_save { self.email = email.downcase }
validates :first_name, presence: true, length: { maximum: 25 }
validates :last_name, presence: true, length: { maximum: 50 }
validates :gender, presence: true
VALID_EMAIL_REGEX = /\A[\w+\-.]+@[a-z\d\-]+(\.[a-z\d\-]+)*\.[a-z]+\z/i
validates :email, presence: true, length: { maximum: 255 },
          format: { with: VALID_EMAIL_REGEX },
          uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }
#has_secure_password
validates :password, presence: true, length: { minimum: 2 }

end

Answer 1 · 2015-07-09T12:17:39Z

July 9, 2015 12:17pm

Your @users variable is empty and your app was not able to retrieve user records from the database. Check to see if your database contains records in the users table. Also, make sure @users is being set in the controller.

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NoMethodError in Users#index undefined method `each' for nil:NilClass

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