first_name attribute in the devise user model

Hello All, probably just a noob question.

I generated a devise user model as explained in the video and added the attributes first_name and last_name. The signing up process goes smooth without errors but the first_name and last_name entered in the form are not getting stored in the DB and show up as nil. The email and password are being stored just fine.

I am guessing this has probably something to do with the attr_accessor in user.rb In the video, Jason had the attr_accessor for email, password etc already populated and he added first_name and so to it. But in my case, it did not even have that line. So I added that line with all the attributes. If I did that, the email and password also were being stored as nil and upon researching online, apparently these were being overwritten. Removing the email and password attributes fixed the issue but the issue with first_name still persists with or without attr_accessor. Not sure what I am missing.

Snippet of user.rb:

''' class User < ActiveRecord::Base # Include default devise modules. Others available are: # :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable, :recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable

attr_accessor :first_name, :last_name

has_many :statuses

def full_name first_name + " " + last_name end

end '''

Thanks, CJ