update_attributes failing when I try to update an attribute - mysql

Question

I have a user database as User(id: integer, username: string, created_at: datetime, updated_at: datetime, password_digest: string, admin: boolean, usermanager: boolean).
I want to update an user and make him Admin, setting the admin varaible to true.
My update in the controller:
def update
#user = User.find(params[:id])
if #user.update_attributes(user_params)
flash[:success] = "User edited"
redirect_to current_user
else
render users_url
end
end
The update_attributes is failing in all cases. I opened a debugger and tried to call update_attributes, it is failing there as well.
(byebug) user_params = {"admin"=>true}
{"admin"=>true}
(byebug) #user
#<User id: 1, username: "dsmegha", created_at: "2015-09-11 07:42:01", updated_at: "2015-09-13 03:25:01", password_digest: "$2a$10$BInH6J1dXHanqNIdGag6megSyrmm95AmjTEGPemNdGU...", admin: false, usermanager: nil>
(byebug) #user.update_attributes(user_params)
(0.2ms) begin transaction
User Exists (0.2ms) SELECT 1 AS one FROM "users" WHERE ("users"."username" = 'dsmegha' AND "users"."id" != 1) LIMIT 1
(0.2ms) rollback transaction
false
The update_attribute works for the same.
(byebug) #user.update_attribute(:admin,true)
(0.2ms) begin transaction
(0.1ms) commit transaction
true
(byebug) #user
#<User id: 1, username: "dsmegha", created_at: "2015-09-11 07:42:01", updated_at: "2015-09-13 03:25:01", password_digest: "$2a$10$BInH6J1dXHanqNIdGag6megSyrmm95AmjTEGPemNdGU...", admin: true, usermanager: nil>
(byebug)
Any idea what I am missing here?

Answer 1

Maybe I think current user data is invalid. please check user.errors.
example)
user.rb
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,:confirmable,
:recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable, :lockable
validates :name, presence: true
end
pry
pry(main)> user = User.last
=> #<User:0x007fe328fe56d8
id: 3,
email: "hogehoge#example.com",
name: "",
encrypted_password: "$2a$10$I.xXo0AtAz8nuCUzOGclPe6PA//XMZtjW6fh94D1t25jb7eV9bsS.",
current_sign_in_at: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:53:08 JST +09:00,
last_sign_in_at: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:52:20 JST +09:00,
current_sign_in_ip: "127.0.0.1",
last_sign_in_ip: "127.0.0.1",
created_at: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:49:40 JST +09:00,
updated_at: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 13:16:26 JST +09:00,
confirmation_token: nil,
confirmed_at: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:52:01 JST +09:00,
confirmation_sent_at: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:49:40 JST +09:00,
unconfirmed_email: nil,
failed_attempts: 0,
unlock_token: nil,
locked_at: nil,
status: 1>
[7] pry(main)> user.update_attributes(status: 2)
(0.1ms)
BEGIN
(0.2ms)
ROLLBACK
=> false
[8] pry(main)> user.errors
=> #<ActiveModel::Errors:0x007fe328d893f8
#base=
#<User:0x007fe328fe56d8
id: 3,
email: "hogehoge#example.com",
name: "",
encrypted_password: "$2a$10$I.xXo0AtAz8nuCUzOGclPe6PA//XMZtjW6fh94D1t25jb7eV9bsS.",
reset_password_token: "XWmjsEBujb2-aWd5YHYT",
reset_password_sent_at: nil,
remember_created_at: nil,
sign_in_count: 2,
current_sign_in_at: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:53:08 JST +09:00,
last_sign_in_at: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:52:20 JST +09:00,
current_sign_in_ip: "127.0.0.1",
last_sign_in_ip: "127.0.0.1",
created_at: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:49:40 JST +09:00,
updated_at: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 13:16:26 JST +09:00,
confirmation_token: nil,
confirmed_at: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:52:01 JST +09:00,
confirmation_sent_at: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 01:49:40 JST +09:00,
unconfirmed_email: nil,
failed_attempts: 0,
unlock_token: nil,
locked_at: nil,
status: 2>,
#messages={:name=>["can't be blank"]}>
additionally write.
View has password input field perhaps? In that case, I think you need to delete passward params when update user data.
How about this?
user.rb
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,:confirmable,
:recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable, :lockable
validates :name, presence: true
def update_without_current_password(params, *options)
params.delete(:current_password)
if params[:password].blank?
params.delete(:password)
params.delete(:password_confirmation) if params[:password_confirmation].blank?
end
clean_up_passwords
update_attributes(params, *options)
end
end
controller
def update
#user = User.find(params[:id])
if #user.update_without_current_password(user_params)
flash[:success] = "User edited"
redirect_to current_user
else
render users_url
end
end