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Dave Faliskie
Dave Faliskie
17,781 Points
Posted by Dave Faliskie
Dave Faliskie
17,781 Points

problem with "date" attribute in data tables

I Have a form that is asking for a persons birthday, under my database I am using the t.date = "birthday". and my form everything displays properly. however when I input the date and hit submit the date is not saved in the database. is there something else that needs to be done in order to store a date into a data table? all my strings are being saved fine, so does anyone know why a date wouldn't work?

thanks, Dave

Kang-Kyu Lee
Kang-Kyu Lee
52,045 Points
Kang-Kyu Lee
Kang-Kyu Lee
52,045 Points

Can we see your migration file has that birthday column?

2 Answers

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,440 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,440 Points

It seems like you're not allowing this parameter in mass assignments. Are you using Rails 3 or Rails 4?

Dave Faliskie
Dave Faliskie
17,781 Points
Dave Faliskie
Dave Faliskie
17,781 Points

Thanks for posting back, I dropped my db and then migrated it again, now it works