Hi Colin, I think u r using rails 3.2.x where mass assignment is protected for saving the record into the db you need to write this piece of code in model
attr_accessible : field/column name *With Thanks & Regards, Santosh Mohanty* *Software Developer, Railsfactory(Ruby on Rails Solution)** * ☎ 9445808957 www.railsfactory.org Contact me: [image: Google Talk] sant...@railsfactory.org [image: Skype]santosh.railsfactory Want a signature like mine? <http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=22&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_22> Click here.<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=22&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_22> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Colin Law <clan...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 7 June 2012 23:08, cyber c. <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > i added a column to my DB using > > rails g migration AddAttrToTablename attr:string > > rake db:migrate > > > > I didnt change the model file. Should i? > > > > Now when i create a new record to the table assigning values to existing > > attrs and newly added attribute i get this error "Can't mass-assign > > protected attributes: attr" > > > > Any1 understand whats happening here? > > You probably need to add the new field to the attr_accessible list in > the model.rb file so you can do such things as update_attributes( > params[...]) or new( params[...] ) > > Colin > > > > > -- > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- *With Thanks & Regards,* *Santosh Kumar Mohanty | Rails factory* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
