CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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spectro
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Reputation: 219

find_or_create not working in Rails

I've got a very simple app. All this app needs to do is check if a username exists. If if does, redirect to the user. If it does not exist, create a new user as per the username entered and redirect to the new user. New users never get created for some reason but the find_or_create line works in rails console. Here is the code:

user_controller.rb

  def new

    @user = User.new

  end


  def create

    @u = User.find_or_create_by_name(params[:name])
    redirect_to @u

  end

new.html.erb

<% form_for(@user) do |f| %>
  <%= f.error_messages %>

  <p>
    <%= f.label :Username %><br />
    <%= f.text_field :name %>
  </p>
  <p>
    <%= f.submit 'Submit' %>
  </p>
<% end %>

Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 553

Answers (1)

Andy Lindeman
Andy Lindeman

Reputation: 12165

Rails is going to package the whole form within params[:user], so you really want params[:user][:name]

That is:

@u = User.find_or_create_by_name(params[:user][:name])

Upvotes: 7

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