On Nov 18, 2013, at 2:03 PM, Phillip wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> (Using Rails 4.0.1, Ruby 1.9.3, latest devise and cancan gems. sqlite db for 
> local development)

Just a guess here -- have you updated your strong parameters declaration in the 
users_controller to include the roles field?

Walter

> 
> I am a rookie, setting up website and was adding roles(using cancan gem) to 
> my users table. Everything works great, except when I select a role for a 
> user it is not getting saved. The user gets saved/created OK but it never 
> updates/ remembers any roles assigned to the user.
> 
> I was following the advice given here(Many roles per user). Any help or 
> advice is most appreciated...
> 
> https://github.com/ryanb/cancan/wiki/role-based-authorization
> 
> Here is my users form...
> 
> <%= form_for(@user) do |f| %>
> <div class="field">
>     <%= f.label :email %><br />
>     <%= f.text_field :email %>
>   </div>
>   <% if @current_method == "new" %>
>     <div class="field">
>       <%= f.label :password %><br />
>       <%= f.password_field :password %>
>     </div>
>     <div class="field">
>       <%= f.label :password_confirmation %><br />
>       <%= f.password_field :password_confirmation %>
>     </div>
>   <% end %>
>   <% for role in User::ROLES %>
>     <%= check_box_tag "user[roles][#{role}]", role, 
> @user.roles.include?(role), {:name => "user[roles][]"}%>
>     <%= label_tag "user_roles_#{role}", role.humanize %><br />
>   <% end %>
>   <%= hidden_field_tag "user[roles][]", "" %>
>   <div class="actions">
>     <%= f.submit %>
>   </div>
> <% end %>
> 
> 
> 
> # /app/model/user.rb
> 
> class User < ActiveRecord::Base
> 
>   ROLES = %w[admin blog_author]
> 
>   def roles=(roles)
>     self.roles_mask = (roles & ROLES).map { |r| 2**ROLES.index(r) }.inject(0, 
> :+)
>   end
> 
>   def roles
>     ROLES.reject do |r|
>       ((roles_mask.to_i || 0) & 2**ROLES.index(r)).zero?
>     end
>   end
> 
>   def is?(role)
>     roles.include?(role.to_s)
>   end
> 
>   # Include default devise modules. Others available are:
>   # :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
>   devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable, 
> :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
> end
> 
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