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Ruby

Brad Gessell
Brad Gessell
3,156 Points
Posted by Brad Gessell
Brad Gessell
3,156 Points

Profile data not saving in "Creating Relationships"

When I visit /users/edit to edit my profile in Treebook, the first name, last name, and profile name that I enter is not being saved. This causes an error when I try to display:

<%= @status.user.first_name %>

because there is no first name associated with that status. Anybody have any ideas where to start looking for the problem?

2 Answers

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points
Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

You are using rails 4 and need to use strong parameters to allow those values to be passed to the controller and saved to the database.

I just answered this for another person, see here: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/ruby-issues

Brad Gessell
Brad Gessell
3,156 Points
Brad Gessell
Brad Gessell
3,156 Points

Thank you very much. This fixed it. I appreciate your response, sir.