attributes_not_being_assigned

checkin.rb

class Checkin < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :user
  
    # switching off validation to see if the reason attributes aren't being assigned is due to them
    # validates :lat, :lon, :foursquare_id, :timestamp, :venue_name, :presence => true
     
    attr_accessor :lat, :lon, :foursquare_id, :timestamp, :venue_name
end

pry.session.log

Loading development environment (Rails 3.0.10)

pry(main)> check = Checkin.find_or_initialize_by_foursquare_id('4e7e11b3d3e31f4bb86b9cf2')
=> #<Checkin id: nil, lat: nil, lon: nil, timestamp: nil, foursquare_id: nil, timezone: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil, venue_name: nil, user_id: nil>

pry(main)> check.foursquare_id = '4e7e11b3d3e31f4bb86b9cf2'
=> "4e7e11b3d3e31f4bb86b9cf2"

pry(main)> check
=> #<Checkin id: nil, lat: nil, lon: nil, timestamp: nil, foursquare_id: nil, timezone: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil, venue_name: nil, user_id: nil>

schema.rb

ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20110925195511) do

  create_table "checkins", :force => true do |t|
    t.string   "lat"
    t.string   "lon"
    t.datetime "timestamp"
    t.string   "foursquare_id"
    t.string   "timezone"
    t.datetime "created_at"
    t.datetime "updated_at"
    t.string   "venue_name"
    t.integer  "user_id"
  end

  create_table "users", :force => true do |t|
    t.string   "email"
    t.string   "token"
    t.string   "name"
    t.datetime "created_at"
    t.datetime "updated_at"
    t.string   "foursquare_id"
  end

end