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Ruby

Posted by Mitch Malone
Mitch Malone
3,577 Points

Undefined method "full_name"

In Building Rails app > Customizing Forms > Navigation Links video at 2:57, the instructor puts in 

<%= link_to current_user.full_name, "#" %>

It works in the video but not for me. I get an error: 

undefined method `full_name' for nil:NilClass

2 Answers

Andy Brown
Andy Brown
6,310 Points
Andy Brown
Andy Brown
6,310 Points

When you get a nil:NilClass error, that means that the object, in this case current_user, is nil. So it doesn't have a full_name and the error occurs.

Mitch Malone
Mitch Malone
3,577 Points
Mitch Malone
Mitch Malone
3,577 Points

So I created another user. Refreshed. And "ta-da" it works. Awesome. Why? NO IDEA.

javier silverio
javier silverio
1,526 Points

This worked for me!