Question

  def create 
    msg = current_user.msgs.build(params[:msg])
    msg.message = msg.message
    msg.created_at = Time.now # HACK
    if msg.save
    else
      flash[:error] = "Your article must contain some text."
    end
    redirect_to root_path
  end

This is my controller code to save a message, it worked before I tried rails g migration add_anonymous_to_msg anonymous:boolean and rake db:migrate Now I get the error “your article must contain some text” which means the messages are no longer being saved or the text is not being recognised. I tried removing the column and my schema.rb says that it no longer exists but the error still persists.

Does anyone know what might be the problem? Thanks

Answer 1

How about:

def create 
  @message = current_user.messages.build(params[:message])
  unless @message.save
    flash[:error] = "Your article must contain some text."
  end
  redirect_to root_path
end

Removes the need for the empty if block.