undefined method `password' in users/new.html.erb from p 167

I’m using Rails 2.1.1 and have made it through up to this point with no errors/inconsistencies with the book. However the new user form blows up when it gets to the :password symbol. If I change it to :encrypted_password and remove the :password_confirmation field, everything works fine.

Any clues why this isn’t working? ...how to make it work?

Dave,

At the bottom of p. 167 we mention that the :password_confirmation field is a special attribute that works with the User validation that we add later on. On the top of p. 171 we add attr_accessor :password to the User class. This adds the password attribute to the class so that it will work with the form. If you update your User class to use this attribute, your form should start working again.

Derek