Can't mass-assign protected attributes

Question

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Folks,

I have been looking at this for sometime but I don\'t understand what could be messing up here. I am usin

Answer 1

Nowadays (April 2013) you should start to use https://github.com/rails/strong_parameters

Answer 2

Inside of SpecificModel (appfolder/app/model/specific_model.rb)

Try using

attr_accessible :addresses_attributes, :another_attribute_to_make_mass_assignable, :another_attribute, etc.

Answer 3

Just include the datafield in the model as mentioned below

attr_accessible :addresses_attributes

Answer 4

Have a look here and learn :)

http://railscasts.com/episodes/26-hackers-love-mass-assignment

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Edit:

Having accepts_nested_attributes_forin User model enables you to send the data to the Address model.

Then, in the Address model, you have to set the requested attr_accessible