From: Carl Brown <CB314REM@...>
Date: 2006-03-27T22:53:55+09:00
Subject: Re: update_attributes not saving data


On 2006-03-26 14:40:16 -0500, Lindsay Boyd <lindsay.boyd@ntlworld.com> said:

>> This 'doesn't work:
>> id = session[:customer_id]
>> @customer = Customer.find( id  )
>> @customer.updates_attributes(params[:customer])
> 
> Do you have :customer set in the Customer model as attr_accessor? I 
> recall having a similar problem where specifying attr_accessor for my 
> attribute resulted in the attribute being updated as NULL - not with 
> the value I expected.
> 
> Lindsay

Oh... Wow -- thanks!  That would probably work, too....

I removed the attr_accessor entirely and that resolved the issue.  I 
apparently have no clue how these models work yet...

Thanks for the tip!

-c