Paperclip Error: model missing required attr_accessor for 'avatar_file_name'

Question

I then want to use Paperclip to have photos for each Listing. I added the appropriate code to the listings show.html.erb, the listing.rb model, the listings_controller.rb an

Answer 1

From the error message, file_name is not available in the model to which you're trying to save. I had a similar problem and realized I forgot to run the Paperclip migration:

rails generate paperclip [Model Name] [Attachment] (e.g., rails g paperclip Images image)

If that doesn't work, since the issue it's having is column "file_name", try adding that to the model (e.g. rails g migration addFilenameToImages file_name:string)

This worked for me, so hopefully it helps some of you too!