Question

I typically write something like this:

class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :first_name, :last_name

  def name
    "#{ first_name } #{ last_name }"
  end

  def name=(str)
    first, last = str.split(' ', 2)
    write_attribute :first_name, first
    write_attribute :last_name, last
  end
end

Which allows you to do Person.new(:name => "Adam Lassek") instead of splitting it up in the controller.

In Rails 3.1.0.rc4-5, this gives me the WARNING: Can't mass-assign protected attributes: name error.

This used to work. What changed?

Answer 1

add name to the attr_accessible