I am unable to use model.update_attribute on an attribute that is mounted by a carrierwave uploader. The SQL statement wont accept the value and adds NULL to the placeholder. If I remove the mount_uploader statement from the model class it works as normal. I am troubleshooting things from the console and trying to add some attributes while seeding the DB and this is thwarting my efforts. Ideas?
Thanks.
Update: Relevant code:
class Profile < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
has_and_belongs_to_many :sports
has_and_belongs_to_many :interests
has_and_belongs_to_many :minors
has_and_belongs_to_many :majors
has_and_belongs_to_many :events
has_and_belongs_to_many :groups
attr_accessible :description, :username, :avatar, :bio, :first_name, :last_name, :major, :minor, :graduation_date, :living_situation, :phone, :major_ids, :minor_ids, :sport_ids
mount_uploader :avatar, AvatarUploader
end
I am simply trying to rewrite the :avatar string from a db seed file and while testing from the rails console like so: Profile.first.update_attribute(:avatar, 'foo')
Both work when I comment out the mount_uploader line.
Does adding the mount_uploader method freeze the string or make it immutable?
I found a solution to this.
My issue was that I was not able to alter the attribute mounted my the CarrierWave uploader from my seeds.rb file.
This works:
user.profile.update_column(:avatar, 'foobar/image.png')