Extend user model with own properties

[Gambo]

Hi there, I am very new to devise and ror. I want to extend my user
model which I created with devise now with several other properties.
Is it good to extend the activerecord itself or do I need to add a one
to one relation ship with user_details? I already added a new property
"t.string :page" to my users activerecord migration but its not
recognized when i run rake db:migrate.

Thanks for your help!

Regards,
Mark

[Carlos Moutinho]

Hi Mark,

I'm fairly new to devise but I think I can help.

I'd say it's ok to add attributes to your user model.

I would only use another model and relationship if the attributes were used elsewhere or related to another model.

About your attempt. Are you adding the new attribute to the migration generated by devise? Have you run rake db:migrate?

If you have then you should add a new migration to change the users table.

Something like this:

class AddFieldsToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration

  def self.up

    add_column :users, :name, :string

  end

  def self.down

    remove_column :users, :name

  end

end

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Carlos Moutinho

[Gambo]

Hi Carlos,

thanks for your help. I now extended the migration file generated by
devise and the column has been added to db. I had to delete the table
in db first before running rake db:migrate again.

Now I added the additional property to the view which I extracted with
devise beforehand. If I register the new property is not recognized as
the db value is null. Do I need to amend the controller from devise to
store also the new property beside devise standard properties?

Cheers,
Mark

On 18 Jan., 00:56, Carlos Moutinho <carlosmouti...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> I'm fairly new to devise but I think I can help.
>
> I'd say it's ok to add attributes to your user model.
> I would only use another model and relationship if the attributes were used
> elsewhere or related to another model.
>
> About your attempt. Are you adding the new attribute to the migration
> generated by devise? Have you run rake db:migrate?
> If you have then you should add a new migration to change the users table.
> Something like this:
>
> class AddFieldsToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
>   def self.up
>     add_column :users, :name, :string
>   end
>
>   def self.down
>     remove_column :users, :name
>   end
> end
>
> Hope this helps.
> Cheers,
> Carlos Moutinho
>

[Andrés Mejía]

Nothing needs to be done on the controller, but you need to add your new attribute to the attr_accessible list there is in the User model.

[Gambo]

Andrés,

Thanks a lot for your help, now its working!!

On 18 Jan., 23:23, Andrés Mejía <and...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nothing needs to be done on the controller, but you need to add your new
> attribute to the attr_accessible list there is in the User model.
>