Ruby on Rails undefined method `attr_accessible' and 'before_save'?

Question

I recently started a new RoR project, and copied some of my old code from about 6 months ago.

For some reason, I'm getting the following error in my User model:

undefined method `attr_accessible' for User:Class

When I comment the attr_accessible line out, I then get a similar error in the same file:

undefined method `before_save' for User:Class

And when I comment that out, I get another one:

undefined method `validates' for User:Class

Why would attr_accessible and before_save be undefined methods? I thought those were built in to Ruby on Rails!?

Can you post the User class? Is it definitely inheriting from `ActiveRecord::Base`? — pjumble, Apr 23 '12 at 01:37
Thank you! I forgot to add < ActiveRecord::Base (I had been experimenting with using a different db) — Marvin K, Apr 23 '12 at 01:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 23 '12 at 01:38

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Is your User class inheriting from ActiveRecord::Base?

It should look like this:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base

answered Apr 23 '12 at 01:38

Joel Friedlaender

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