Hey,
I got a form which looks like this: - form_for(@article, :html => {:multipart => true}, :url => articles_path) do |f| = errors_for(@article)
.field = f.label :text %br = f.text_field :text
.field = f.label :author_id %br = f.text_field :author_id
.actions = f.submit
But since I don't want anyone to type in an author id I changed it to: .field = f.label :author_name %br = f.text_field :author_name
added to article.rb: attr_accessible :author_name
def before_validation if self.author_name author_name = self.author_name.split self.author = Author.find_or_create_by_firstname_and_lastname(author_name[0], author_name[1]) end
But now this line: @article = Article.new(params[:article]) throws this error: unknown attribute: author_name
I thought attr_accessible would cover that? How can I make this work?