# Nil.to\_sym Problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nil-to-sym-problem/187142>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 18, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nil-to-sym-problem/187142 "2010-04-18T11:24:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Guru\_101011](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Guru\_101011](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guru_101011)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 11:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nil-to-sym-problem/187142/1 "2010-04-18T11:24:47Z")

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HI everyone, require some help! cannot figure out this error and how  
to fix it!

Showing user/index.html.erb where line #59 raised:

You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!  
The error occurred while evaluating nil.to\_sym

Extracted source (around line #59):

56: \<% end %\>  
57:   
58:  
59:

Blog: \<%= link\_to “(manage)”, posts\_path(@blog) %\>\</  
div\>  
60: 
\<%= render :partial =\> “user/blog” %\>
  
61:  
62:

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**Author:** ![Guru\_101011](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Guru\_101011](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Guru_101011)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nil-to-sym-problem/187142/2 "2010-04-18T11:44:07Z")

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On Apr 18, 12:45 am, Guru\_101011 [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> HI everyone, require some help! cannot figure out this error and how  
> to fix it!
> 
> Showing user/index.html.erb where line #59 raised:

At a guess it would seem that @blog is nil

Fred