This is pretty baffling. I have the following model object:
create_table “activities”, :force => true do |t|
t.integer “user_id”, :limit => 11
t.datetime “created_at”
t.datetime “updated_at”
t.integer “location_id”, :limit => 11
t.datetime “event_date”
end
model/activity.rb:
class Activity < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :User
belongs_to :Location
attr_accessor :event_date
attr_accessor :user
attr_accessor :location
end
my activities_controller.rb:
activity = Activity.new(params[:activity])
activity.event_date = Date.today
activity.user_id = current_user.id
activity.save
It throws an error b/c it’s trying to insert NULL for event_date in the
MYSQL database:
ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (Mysql::Error: Column ‘event_date’ cannot
be null: INSERT INTO activities (update\ d_at, location_id, user_id, event_date, created_at)
VALUES(‘2008-07-30 05:16:00’, 1, 1, NULL, ‘2008-07-30
05:16:00’)):
I have no idea why. If I explicitly print out ‘activity.event_date.to_s’
is gives me the date of today.
If I remove the stipulation the “event_date” can be NULL it just insert
a NULL value.
thanks in advance for help