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Asked: 2026-05-27T15:12:53+00:00

I’m having issues seeding my database with the default roles of my users. class

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I’m having issues seeding my database with the default roles of my users.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me, :username
  devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
  validates_presence_of :username, :email, :password, :password_confirmation
  validates_uniqueness_of :username, :email

  before_create :setup_default_role_for_new_users

  ROLES = %w[admin default]

  private

  def setup_default_role_for_new_users
    self.roles = [ "default" ]
  end
end

Seeds.rb

puts 'Loading seed data now....'
user1 = User.create(:username => 'admin',   :email => 'testing@email.com', :password => 'qweasd',:password_confirmation => 'qweasd', :role => 'admin')
user2 = User.create(:username => 'userone', :email => 'user1@email.com', :password => 'qweasd', :password_confirmation => 'qweasd')
user3 = User.create(:username => 'usertwo', :email => 'user2@email.com', :password => 'qweasd',:password_confirmation => 'qweasd')
puts 'Users added'

When seeding the error I get:

undefined method `roles' for #<User:0x53f4c60>

I have have the role column in my database so why wouldn’t it work?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Add :roles to your attr_accessible if you want to be able to mass assign it like in:

    user1 = User.create(:username => 'admin',   :email => 'testing@email.com', :password => 'qweasd',:password_confirmation => 'qweasd', :role => 'admin')

    also is it :role or :roles ? Check your database, if you have :role or :roles paste your schema.db here.

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