Rails getting undefined method for existing field in database

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So I have a field in the question table, called is_public..I migrated my database, restarted it and now when I get this error everytime I call is_public for a record in the question records.

undefined method `is_public' for #<Question:0x7e9aa780>

Any ideas to why this is happening ?

That's a strange bug. Did the migrations successfully migrate? can you reproduce the error in console? Is your model inheriting from ActiveRecord? — Trip
– Trip, Commented Feb 17, 2011 at 18:34
Is is_public listed when you call question.attributes.keys ? Is is_public a boolean field? If so, then use ? at end: is_public?. Ps. This is not an answer, cos I dunno if you will accept it :D — Zabba
– Zabba, Commented Feb 17, 2011 at 18:42
What happens when you call is_public? (with the question mark)? — Pan Thomakos
– Pan Thomakos, Commented Feb 17, 2011 at 19:41
Please show us your db/schema.rb code for the questions table. — Ryan Bigg
– Ryan Bigg, Commented Feb 17, 2011 at 20:28
If you're problem appears when using views, you might want to show your view(s) and controller code. — polarblau
– polarblau, Commented Feb 17, 2011 at 20:31

sager · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-13 23:35:34Z

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Not sure if this was the issue, but I had the same problem, and it looks like somehow my schema.rb file was changed, removing that column.

I manually added it back, and the error went away.

answered Apr 13, 2021 at 23:35

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Patrick Connor · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-20 06:16:34Z

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Are you using attr_accessible? If so, add :is_public to the list.

answered Feb 20, 2011 at 6:16

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BrMcMullin Over a year ago

I'm running into a similar issue; I tried your suggestion and I'm still getting the no method error. Migration was successful in that the fields are in the table. Any other suggestions? ( it seems silly to open a new question for what sounds like the exact same issue... )

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