Question

I have an ActiveRecord and when i click on save all records are saved except the date.

My contorller

class UsersController < ApplicationController

def create
  puts params[:user]
   @user1 = User.new(params[:user])
   if @user1.save
    saveduser = User.where("fbid = ?",params[:user][:fbid])
    unless saveduser.first.nil?
    session[:user] = saveduser.first
   end
   puts "user saved "
  redirect_to "/users/dashboard"
  else
    puts "error while saving user"
  end  
 end

The view

<h3>User Details</h3>
 <%= form_for(@user) do |f| %>
<table>
  --some columns
<tr>
  <td><%= f.label :state %></td>
  <td> <%= f.text_field :state %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><%= f.label :dob %></td>
  <td> <%= f.text_field :dob %></td>
</tr>
  <%= f.hidden_field :fbid  %>
 </table> 
  <%= f.submit %>
<% end %>
<table>

In console when create method is called in UserController . I can see

{"username"=>"xxxx.xx.94", "firstname"=>"xxxx", "lastname"=>"Raxxstogi", "emaild"=>"[e-mail]", "city"=>"Los Angeles", "country"=>"USA", "state"=>"CA", "dob"=>"08/13/1983", "fbid"=>"xxx"}

My DB table column is

dob | date | YES | | NULL |

Where is it going wrong?

Thanks

Answer 1

You are using a text_field in your form to save into a Date type field in the DB. Try instead to use the date helper methods as described here:
http://guides.rubyonrails.org/form_helpers.html#using-date-and-time-form-helpers