?? Rails 4.0 submiting range_field does not update params - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am thankful to be in the presence of experts
I am trying to use range_field sliders to update some user params/integers.
When I submit the form, the params update temporarily in a <%= #user.risk %> text field I have off to the side, but do not save to the database, when I reload the changes are gone. I am drawing heavily from Michael Hartl's Rails 4.0 Tutorial.
Below I initially used form_for(#user) but current_user seems to work better overall.
`
<%= form_for(current_user) do |f|%>
<%= f.range_field :risk, :in=>0..100, :id=>"slider1"%>
<%= f.range_field :tax, :in=>0..100, :id=>"slider2"%>
<%= f.range_field :income, :in=>0..100, :id=>"slider3"%>
<%= f.range_field :international, :in=>0..100,:id=>"slider4"%>
<%= f.submit "Save Profile" %>
<% end %>`
class UsersController < ApplicationController
def show
#user = User.find(params[:id])
end
def new
#user = User.new
end
def create
#user = User.new(user_params)
if #user.save
sign_in #user
flash[:success] ="Welcome"
redirect_to #user
else
render 'new'
end
end
def edit
end
def update
#user = User.find(params[:id])
if #user.update_attributes(user_params)
flash[:success] = "Profile Updated"
redirect_to #user
else render 'edit'
end
end
private
def user_params
params.require(:user).permit(:name, :email, :password,
:password_confirmation, :risk, :tax, :income, :international)
end
end
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
before_save :set_default
before_save { self.email = email.downcase }
before_create :create_remember_token
validates :name, presence: true, length: { maximum: 50 }
VALID_EMAIL_REGEX = /\A[\w+\-.]+#[a-z\d\-.]+\.[a-z]+\z/i
validates :email, presence: true, format: { with:
VALID_EMAIL_REGEX }, uniqueness: { case_sensitive: false }
has_secure_password
validates :password, length: { minimum: 6 }
def User.new_remember_token
SecureRandom.urlsafe_base64
end
def User.encrypt(token)
Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(token.to_s)
end
def set_default
self.risk = "50"
self.tax = "50"
self.income = "50"
self.international = "50"
end
private
def create_remember_token
self.remember_token = User.encrypt(User.new_remember_token)
end
end
And the output at the console, after I try to update params via range_field, and input User.find(4)
=> #<User id: 4, name: "Tony", email: "2#g.c", created_at: "2013-09-23 06:37:22",
updated_at: "2013-09-23 06:37:23", password_digest: "...", remember_token: "...",
risk: 50, tax: 50, income: 50, international: 50>
This is the output of my local WEBRick Rails Server
Started PATCH "/users/1" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-09-23 06:15:32 -0700
Processing by UsersController#update as HTML
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"...", "user"=>{"risk"=>"70", "tax"=>"61", "income"=>"54", "international"=>"58"}, "commit"=>"Save Profile", "id"=>"1"}
User Load (0.1ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."id" = ? LIMIT 1 [["id", "1"]]
(0.0ms) begin transaction
User Exists (0.1ms) SELECT 1 AS one FROM "users" WHERE (LOWER("users"."email") = LOWER('2#g.c') AND "users"."id" != 1) LIMIT 1
(0.0ms) rollback transaction
User Load (0.1ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."remember_token" = '.....' LIMIT 1
(0.0ms) begin transaction
CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT 1 AS one FROM "users" WHERE (LOWER("users"."email") = LOWER('2#g.c') AND "users"."id" != 1) LIMIT 1
(0.0ms) rollback transaction
Rendered users/edit.html.erb within layouts/application (1.9ms)
Rendered layouts/_header.html.erb (0.2ms)
Completed 200 OK in 8ms (Views: 6.0ms | ActiveRecord: 0.3ms)
Thank you all very much

Answer 1

The solution was simple
def update
#user = User.find(params[:id])
#user.update_attributes!(user_params)
.....