difference between attr_accesor and attr_accesible

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I m new to ruby language. difference between att_accesor and attr_accessible is not clear to me.

thanks for your kind help. kp (india)

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I m new to ruby language. difference between att_accesor and attr_accessible is not clear to me.

They're almost completely unrelated. attr_accessor is part of ruby itself and is equivalent to calling attr_writer and attr_reader for the same argument(s), ie it creates accessor methods for you

attr_accessible is a rails thing and is part of rails' mass assignment protection (along with attr_protected). It allows you to setup a whitelist of attributes that can be mass-assigned (as opposed to attr_protected, which sets up a blacklist) so that users can't set important attributes they're not supposed to be able to set just by manipulating the form data that is posted

Fred

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hey…thanks for help.