The form in the view:   (edit_profile.rhtml)

        <% form_for :user do |f| -%>
                <p> Email Address:  </p>
                <%= f.text_field :email %>

                <p> City: </p>
                <%= f.text_field :city %>

                <p> Country: </p>
                <%= f.text_field :country %>

                <p> Postal Code: </p>
                <%= f.text_field :postal %>

                <p> Username: </p>
                <%= f.text_field :login %>

                <p> Password: </p>
                <%= f.password_field :password %>

                <p> Re-enter Password </p>
                <%= f.password_field :password_confirmation %>

                 <p> Select Photo: (175x175) </p>
                 <%= file_column_field "user", :icon %>
                 <p> First Name: </p>
                 <%= f.text_field :first_name %>
                 <p> Last Name: </p>
                 <%= f.text_field :last_name %>
                 <p> Comments: </p>
                 <%= f.text_area(:comments, "cols" => 35, "rows" => 6) %>

<%= image_submit_tag '/images/update-now-button.jpg', :class => "register-now", :border => "0" %>



My controller:  (account_controller.rb)



  def edit_profile
    @user = User.find(params[:id])
  end

  def update_profile
    @user = User.find(params[:id])
    if @user.update_attributes(params[:user])
      flash[:notice] = 'Profile was successfully updated.'
      redirect_to :controller => 'user', :action => 'home', :id => @user
    else
      render :action => 'edit_profile'
    end
  end



Logs:



 Parameters: {"user"=>{"city"=>"", "postal"=>"", "comments"=>"sdfasdfasdf", "icon"=>"", "password_confirmation"=>"", "country"=>"", "icon_temp"=>"", "first_name"=>"test", "login"=>"test", "password"=>"", "last_name"=>"test", "email"=>"test@test.com"}, "x"=>"42", "y"=>"18", "action"=>"edit_profile", "id"=>"1", "controller"=>"account"}



@users.inspect reports:



{"salt"=>"59c214e787404998ee05c27ed3b142d2cc1d4d41", "postal"=>nil, "city"=>nil, "updated_at"=>Wed Jan 31 13:35:20  0700 2007, "crypted_password"=>"990d1e6b8cc925ce4687c3e4e4986105d7a1476e", "comments"=>nil, "icon"=>nil, "remember_token_expires_at"=>nil, "country"=>nil, "id"=>1, "gender"=>"male", "remember_token"=>nil, "first_name"=>"test", "login"=>"test", "last_name"=>"test", "birth"=>1975, "email"=>"test@test.com", "created_at"=>Wed Jan 31 13:35:04  0700 2007}



params[:user].inspect reports:



{"city"=>"", "postal"=>"", "comments"=>"sdfasdfasdf", "icon"=>"", "password_confirmation"=>"", "country"=>"", "icon_temp"=>"", "first_name"=>"test", "login"=>"test", "password"=>"", "last_name"=>"test", "email"=>"test@test.com"}




However, my controller code "if @user.update_attributes(params[:user])" is not updating the database..  Do these hashes have to be intentical?  any idea what im missing?