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Ruby Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application Customizing Forms Creating Relationships

Posted by Austin Gates
Austin Gates
15,391 Points

undefined method `user' for #<Status:0x007fddb6f656a8>

This is the error I'm getting when I post a status. The status actually goes through, but the /statuses/(status id) page gives me an error

Austin Gates
Austin Gates
15,391 Points

The video and everything I read said to do this:

<p id="notice"><%= notice %></p>

<p>
  <strong>Name:</strong>
  <%= @status.user.first_name %>
</p>

<p>
  <strong>Content:</strong>
  <%= @status.content %>
</p>

<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_status_path(@status) %> |
<%= link_to 'Back', statuses_path %>

Which returned an error.

I changed it to this:

<p id="notice"><%= notice %></p>

<p>
  <strong>Name:</strong>
  <%= current_user.first_name %>
</p>

<p>
  <strong>Content:</strong>
  <%= @status.content %>
</p>

<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_status_path(@status) %> |
<%= link_to 'Back', statuses_path %>

And it worked, so what's the deal here. Does this mean that any user that's logged in, it will only display their name?

Here is the GitHub link https://github.com/ausgates/treebook

1 Answer

Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points
Maciej Czuchnowski
Maciej Czuchnowski
36,441 Points

I downloaded your code and deployed it locally and everything works fine. It only shows errors when you don't apply any user to the status. Maybe you should reset your database just in case (rake db:reset).

Austin Gates
Austin Gates
15,391 Points

Shortly after posting this I again went into console, deleted all of the statuses and reset the DB and everything worked. I had tried this before but maybe missed a step. Thanks for your answer anyways! :)