Problem with Log-In functionality in Rails 2.0.2

Hi,

I am facing problem with the Login functionality after upgrading to Rails 2.0.2

When I login, I get a No Method Error:

NoMethodError in LoginController#login

You have a nil object when you didn't expect it! You might have expected an instance of ActiveRecord::Base. The error occurred while evaluating nil.=

RAILS_ROOT: E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/rails_apps/lala Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

app/controllers/login_controller.rb:174:in `login'

E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1158:in `send' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1158:in `perform_action_without_filters' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:697:in `call_filters' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:689:in `perform_action_without_benchmark' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:199:in `perform_action_without_caching' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/caching.rb:678:in `perform_action' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:33:in `cache' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:8:in `cache' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/caching.rb:677:in `perform_action' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `send' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:685:in `process_without_session_management_support' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:123:in `process' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:388:in `process' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:171:in `handle_request' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:115:in `dispatch' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:126:in `dispatch_cgi' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:9:in `dispatch' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76:in `process' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in `synchronize' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in `process' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in `process_client' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `each' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `process_client' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `initialize' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `new' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `initialize' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `new' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:282:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in `each' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/bin/mongrel_rails:128:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/bin/mongrel_rails:281 E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/servers/mongrel.rb:64 E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/server.rb:39 E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' script/server:3

app/controllers/login_controller.rb:174:in `login' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1158:in `send' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1158:in `perform_action_without_filters' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:697:in `call_filters' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:689:in `perform_action_without_benchmark' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:199:in `perform_action_without_caching' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/caching.rb:678:in `perform_action' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:33:in `cache' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:8:in `cache' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/caching.rb:677:in `perform_action' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `send' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:685:in `process_without_session_management_support' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:123:in `process' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:388:in `process' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:171:in `handle_request' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:115:in `dispatch' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:126:in `dispatch_cgi' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:9:in `dispatch' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76:in `process' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in `synchronize' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in `process' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in `process_client' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `each' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `process_client' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `initialize' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `new' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `initialize' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `new' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:282:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in `each' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/bin/mongrel_rails:128:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in `run' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/mongrel-1.1.3-x86-mswin32/bin/mongrel_rails:281 E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/servers/mongrel.rb:64 E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/server.rb:39 E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `gem_original_require' E:/InstantRails-1.6-win/InstantRails/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in `require' script/server:3

Request

Parameters:

{"user"=>{"name"=>"goodboy", "password"=>"badboy"}}

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