John Merlino wrote in post #969678: > Hey all, > > I know that this: > > Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted > the id of nil, use object_id > > means that I have an instance variable that has not been initialized.
Well, it means that something tried to call nil.id . > However, I'm a little confused as to what to do in a signup form for > form_for: > [...] > There is no @user and so interpreter throws the exception. However, what > can I do in order to allow someone the opportunity to signin when using > a form? Do I create a temporary blank user: @user = User.new? That's one common way of doing it. Almost every Rails tutorial does that at some point. > > Thanks for response. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] Sent from my iPhone -- 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.
