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Ruby Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application Customizing Forms Creating Relationships

Posted by Serafeim Oikonomou
Serafeim Oikonomou
6,028 Points

undefined method `last_name' for nil:NilClass

Hello,

I get this error everytime i try to access the databse fields with this method: <%= @status.user.first_name %>

I' ve repeated all of the previous steps 3 times just to be sure that i'm not missing anything but unfortunately it doesn't work.

The message is: undefined method `last_name' for nil:NilClass

Extracted source: <p> <strong>Name:</strong> <%= @status.user.last_name %>

</p>

Do you have any ideas?

Thank you in advance!

1 Answer

Jason Seifer
STAFF
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Jason Seifer
Jason Seifer
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Jim fixes that issue in the following video:

/library/programming-2/build-a-simple-version-of-facebook/customizing-forms/getting-the-latest-changes

Try following along there and let us know if you still have problems.

Adam Burkenpas
Adam Burkenpas
23,559 Points

Jason, I am getting the same error. Though, I am running rails 4.1.1 and ruby 2.0.0. I also believe that my version of devise is different. This solution fixed it /forum/error-when-doing-simple-ruby-on-rails-application