Rails: update_column works, but not update_attributes

Question

I have a simple model:

class Reply < ActiveRecord::Base
  attr_accessible :body
  belongs_to :post
end

In my controller, I have a simple

Answer 1

I had this same issue, but with Rails 4. The issue happens when you have params[] in update_attribute. In Rails 4 with strong parameters

@reply.update_attributes(params[reply_params])

should be

@reply.update_attributes(reply_params)

I'm not to familiar with Rails 3 but this should be the issue:

@reply.update_attributes(params[:reply])

should be

@reply.update_attributes(:reply)