On 8 June 2012 09:36, Santosh Kumar Mohanty <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Colin, > It is best not to top post as doing this makes it more difficult to follow the thread, and also makes it easier to reply to the wrong person. cyber c was the original poster. Best to insert your reply at appropriate points in the previous message. > 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 > Also if you had posted this after my comment which said "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[...] )" then you would have noticed that I had already answered the question. > *With Thanks & Regards, > Santosh Mohanty* > *Software Developer, Railsfactory(Ruby on Rails Solution)** * > ☎ 9445808957 > www.railsfactory.org > > Contact me: [image: Google Talk] [email protected] [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> > > > Why would I want a signature like yours? Colin > On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 7 June 2012 23:08, cyber c. <[email protected]> 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 [email protected]. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > 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 [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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 [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.

