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Ruby Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application Getting Started with Rails Generate a Rails Application

Jack Hou
Jack Hou
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Posted by Jack Hou
Jack Hou
6,975 Points

no atr_accessible in my status.rb folder

In the video, when he opens up the status.rb file there is a 

atr_accessible name:string, content:text

but for me I simply have

class Status < ActiveRecord::Base
end

without anything in between. I have the same problem a few months ago, but I stopped learning ruby and am ready to pick it up again over summer. What am I doing wrong?

1 Answer

Naomi Freeman
STAFF
Naomi Freeman
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Naomi Freeman
Naomi Freeman
Treehouse Guest Teacher

If you're in Rails 4, attr_accessible doesn't exist anymore.

Here's an example of how it needs to be constructed:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17371334/how-is-attr-accessible-used-in-rails-4 https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/rails-4-2

However, if you're configuring Devise, it needs to be constructed differently because of the components of the gem and how it sets itself up:

https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/rails-404