Hey, I got a form which looks like this: - form_for(@article, :html => {:multipart => true}, :url => articles_path) do |f| = errors_for(@article)
.field = f.label :text %br = f.text_field :text .field = f.label :author_id %br = f.text_field :author_id .actions = f.submit But since I don't want anyone to type in an author id I changed it to: .field = f.label :author_name %br = f.text_field :author_name added to article.rb: attr_accessible :author_name def before_validation if self.author_name author_name = self.author_name.split self.author = Author.find_or_create_by_firstname_and_lastname(author_name[0], author_name[1]) end But now this line: @article = Article.new(params[:article]) throws this error: unknown attribute: author_name I thought attr_accessible would cover that? How can I make this work? -- 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.