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Posted by Freddy Heppell
Freddy Heppell
9,753 Points

Rails full_name error

I tried to register for another account and got this error Showing /Users/Freddy/Treehouse/treebook/app/views/statuses/index.html.erb where line #10 raised:

undefined method `full_name' for nil:NilClass
Extracted source (around line #10):

7: 
8: <% @statuses.each do |status| %>
9: <div class="status">
10:   <strong><%= status.user.full_name %></strong>
11:   <p><%= status.content %></p>
12:   <div class="meta">
13:         <%= link_to time_ago_in_words(status.created_at) + " ago", status %>

The full name worked on my old account. Why isn't it working now?

1 Answer

Anthony Meares
Anthony Meares
3,239 Points
Anthony Meares
Anthony Meares
3,239 Points

I had the same issue. You have existing statuses that do not have a first_name or last_name assigned to them. To fix this issue, quit the rails server (control + C) and type the following lines in.

rails console
Status.delete_all
exit
rails s