NoMethodError in Stories#show

[pdenlinger]

I am having this error when I turn on the server and try to http://localhost:3000/stories/1 as on page 207 of the book.

Before posting, I did a quick check in this forum for "NoMethodError" and another coder posted a similar error, except her error occurred while evaluating nil.login

Thanks in advance for your help!

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Showing app/views/stories/show.html.rb where line #1 raised:

You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
The error occurred while evaluating nil.name
Extracted source (around line #1):

1: <h2><%= @story.name %></h2>
2: <p><%= link_to @story.link, @story.link %></p>
RAILS_ROOT: /Users/pdenlinger/Sites/In_Development/shovell

Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace
app/views/stories/show.html.rb:1
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_view/renderable.rb:39:in `send'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_view/renderable.rb:39:in `render'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_view/template.rb:73:in `render_template'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_view/base.rb:256:in `render'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_view/base.rb:367:in `_render_with_layout'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_view/base.rb:254:in `render'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1174:in `render_for_file'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:896:in `render_without_benchmark'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:51:in `render'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/benchmark.rb:8:in `realtime'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:51:in `render'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:868:in `render_without_benchmark'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:51:in `render'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/benchmark.rb:8:in `realtime'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:51:in `render'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1248:in `default_render'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1259:in `perform_action_without_filters'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:617:in `call_filters'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:610:in `perform_action_without_benchmark'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:136:in `perform_action_without_caching'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/caching/sql_cache.rb:13:in `perform_action'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:34:in `cache'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:8:in `cache'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/caching/sql_cache.rb:12:in `perform_action'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `send'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:606:in `process_without_session_management_support'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:134:in `process'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:392:in `process'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/webrick_server.rb:74:in `service'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/commands/servers/webrick.rb:66
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:153:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:521:in `new_constants_in'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.2.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:153:in `require'
/Library/Ruby/Gems/1.8/gems/rails-2.2.2/lib/commands/server.rb:49

[scannon]

What does your StoriesController look like??