Question

I’m receiving this error whenever I edit an user’s information. The localhost tells me that the error occured around this line…

<%= debug(params) if Rails.env.development? %>

Parameters returned…

{"utf8"=>"✓",
 "_method"=>"put",
 "authenticity_token"=>"hC/BQTSBodv+qlvhYnxJ4mqMl+w3G1FLwopxpbmsm/g=",
 "user"=>{"name"=>"jason",
 "email"=>"jason1",
 "password"=>"[FILTERED]",
 "password_confirmation"=>"[FILTERED]"},
 "commit"=>"Save changes",
 "id"=>"7"}

What’s causing this error and how do I fix it?

Answer 1

1. Try to recreate your template file from scratch in a UTF-8 friendly editor.
2. Put config.encoding = "utf-8" in your application.rb file.

3. Add this code in your environment.rb:

   Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
Encoding.default_internal = Encoding::UTF_8

4. If you are working with MySql use the “mysql2” gem.

5. Put # encoding: utf-8 at the top of your file.