[Ruby Rails Issue] <%= status.user.full_name %>

In your helper method helper.rb file,

write this will tell index.html.erb that you are creating a helper method called full_name, which returns the first name + space + last name of the user

def full_name first_name + " " + last_name end

Hi Joseph,

I am assuming that the helper.rd refers to app\models\user.rb? I have written the code:

   def full_name
   first_name + " " + last_name
   end 

I have also downloaded the project to refer to my codes, still the same issue.

Any luck with this?? I am getting the same error and having a hell of a time trying to figure it out.

No luck on my end. I think its a bug. I even downloaded the project files and found it has the same issue.

Hey, I've just passed through a similar situation, but the error was:

undefined method 'first_name' for nil:NilClass

The problem was that I associated with the status the ID of an user that I had deleted, so certainly It wouldn't return first_name and etc.

Try to go to rails console, type in "u = User.first" to see the ID of this user, log in with this user and when you create the status, type in the ID of this user.

Hope it helps.

Thanks Anderson! That helped.

I ran the command on rails console and I realized user id 1 did not exist (Which was who the status belonged to).

You're welcome Clement. I'm glad I could help because when I passed through this situation I spent a whole weekend to solve it.

Thank you @ Anderson Mattjie

Hey guys - I ran into the same issue and read what you wrote but didn't really understand it.

I typed

1. rails console
2. u = User.first and then got

User id: 3, first_name: "Jim", last_name: "Joke", profile_name: "JJ", email: "jim@joke.com", encrypted_password: "$2a$10$69xQikPELpFh2gMo0.Cv6O602LiJGSb4ve6VeBFspnLL...", reset_password_token: nil, reset_password_sent_at: nil, remember_created_at: nil, sign_in_count: 1, current_sign_in_at: "2013-07-10 17:01:22", last_sign_in_at: "2013-07-10 17:01:22", current_sign_in_ip: "127.0.0.1", last_sign_in_ip: "127.0.0.1", created_at: "2013-07-10 17:01:22", updated_at: "2013-07-10 17:01:22"

So I didn't know what that means or how to fix it. Can you explain?

On a side note, I resolved the issue a different way by going to index.html.erb and taking out <strong><%= status.user.full_name %></strong>

and deleting all the statuses and then putting that back. Now app seems to work.

or just go into your rails console and do a $ Status.delete_all and that will easily fix everything for you.

For me, when i pull up the users in the rails console, it shows

User id: 2, first_name: nil, last_name: nil, profile_name: nil, email: "daniel.barreto717@gmail.com", 

for some reason when I submitted the form it did not save my input and I can't edit these fields when I go to localhost:3000/users/edit. Any ideas on how to fix this? Would i add attr_accesible to the edit page?

@Daniel Barreto I am having the same issue. Any luck finding a solution?

I wish I could remember lol. I haven't touched that project in a while. Was actually thinking about going through it again from the beginning. If I come across it again, ill update the thread.

Daniel Barreto I'm having the same issue as you were. I'm trying to figure out who to get those stored values in the database, when they are created via the form.