datetime field inserted is NULL when value is assigned to model object

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This is pretty baffling. I have the following model object:

create_table "activities", :force => true do |t|     t.integer "user_id", :limit => 11     t.datetime "created_at"     t.datetime "updated_at"     t.integer "location_id", :limit => 11     t.datetime "event_date" end

model/activity.rb:

class Activity < ActiveRecord::Base

  belongs_to :User   belongs_to :Location

  attr_accessor :event_date   attr_accessor :user   attr_accessor :location

end

my activities_controller.rb:

    activity = Activity.new(params[:activity])

    activity.event_date = Date.today

    activity.user_id = current_user.id

    activity.save

It throws an error b/c it's trying to insert NULL for event_date in the MYSQL database: ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (Mysql::Error: Column 'event_date' cannot be null: INSERT INTO `activities` (`update\ d_at`, `location_id`, `user_id`, `event_date`, `created_at`) VALUES('2008-07-30 05:16:00', 1, 1, NULL, '2008-07-30 \ 05:16:00')):

I have no idea why. If I explicitly print out 'activity.event_date.to_s' is gives me the date of today.

If I remove the stipulation the "event_date" can be NULL it just insert a NULL value.

thanks in advance for help

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Quoting Allen Walker <auswalk@gmail.com>:

This is pretty baffling. I have the following model object:

create_table "activities", :force => true do |t|     t.integer "user_id", :limit => 11     t.datetime "created_at"     t.datetime "updated_at"     t.integer "location_id", :limit => 11     t.datetime "event_date" end

model/activity.rb:

class Activity < ActiveRecord::Base

  belongs_to :User   belongs_to :Location

  attr_accessor :event_date   attr_accessor :user   attr_accessor :location

end

my activities_controller.rb:

    activity = Activity.new(params[:activity])

    activity.event_date = Date.today

    activity.user_id = current_user.id

    activity.save

It throws an error b/c it's trying to insert NULL for event_date in the MYSQL database: ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (Mysql::Error: Column 'event_date' cannot be null: INSERT INTO `activities` (`update\ d_at`, `location_id`, `user_id`, `event_date`, `created_at`) VALUES('2008-07-30 05:16:00', 1, 1, NULL, '2008-07-30 \ 05:16:00')):

I have no idea why. If I explicitly print out 'activity.event_date.to_s' is gives me the date of today.

If I remove the stipulation the "event_date" can be NULL it just insert a NULL value.

thanks in advance for help

datetime is a Time, not a Date. Try activity.event_date = Time.now.

HTH,   Jeffrey