Creating record in database not working properly in rails

Question

I am creating an instance of a friendship between two users. When I create it in the rails console everything works as planned, however, when I actually create the friendship through the site the status column is left blank. If anyone can tell me why it would be really appreciated.

here is the model I have:

class Friendship < ApplicationRecord

  attr_accessor :status, :accepted_at

  belongs_to :user
  belongs_to :friend, :class_name => "User"

  def self.request(user,friend)
    unless user == friend or Friendship.exists?(user: user, friend: friend)
      transaction do
        create(:user => user, :friend => friend, :status => 'pending')
        create(:user => friend, :friend => user, :status => 'requested')
      end
    end
  end

  def self.accept(user,friend)
    transaction do
      accepted_at = Time.now
      accept_one_side(user,friend,accepted_at)
      accept_one_side(friend,user,accepted_at)
    end
  end

  def self.accept_one_side(user,friend,accepted_at)
    request = Friendship.where("user_id = #{user.id} AND friend_id = #{friend.id}")
    request.update_all(:status => 'accepted', :accepted_at => accepted_at)
  end
end

and this is my controller

class FriendshipsController < ApplicationController
  def create
    friend = User.where(email: params[:friend_email]).first
    Friendship.request(current_user,friend)
    redirect_to user_profile_path(current_user)
  end

  def friendship_params
    params.require(:friendship).permit(:friend_email)
  end
end

Friendship model has attr_accessor :status - status looks like a virtual attribute. Do you have a column called status ? — dp7
– dp7, Commented Dec 7, 2016 at 12:38
Yeah i have a status column, but it is only set to pending/requested when i create the friendship from the command line. Is that to do with the attr_accessor then? — antonyCas
– antonyCas, Commented Dec 7, 2016 at 12:40
Yes, why do you have attr_accessor :status ? When you have a column named as status, ActiveRecord already creates getter setter methods for it. — dp7
– dp7, Commented Dec 7, 2016 at 12:42
Thanks alot that solved it. So when i added the accessor did that overwrite the methods that active_record had created? — antonyCas
– antonyCas, Commented Dec 7, 2016 at 12:44

dp7 · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-07 12:46:28Z

1

Friendship model has attr_accessor :status, which overrides the default getter setter methods provided by ActiveRecord for your status column.

answered Dec 7, 2016 at 12:46

dp7

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