No method error in Users#edit - ruby-on-rails

I am learning ruby on rails. I want to make editable users account.
I have an error in localhost:
undefined method `model_name' for NilClass:Class
This is my edit.html.erb file:
<h1>Edit user</h1>
<%= form_for(#user) do |f| %>
<%= render 'shared/error_messages', :object => f.object %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :name %><br />
<%= f.text_field :name %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :email %><br />
<%= f.text_field :email %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :password %><br />
<%= f.password_field :password %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :password_confirmation, "Confirmation" %><br />
<%= f.password_field :password_confirmation %>
</div>
<div class="actions">
<%= f.submit "Update" %>
</div>
<% end %>
<div>
<%= gravatar_for #user %>
change
</div>
Can you provide a solution?

Most likely your #user object is nil, so when it tries to call #user.model_name, it fails. You should check your controller logic for loading it, and make sure it finds a valid #user.

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In models/user.rb:
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def new
#user = User.new
#user.build_profile
end
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<%= form_for #user do |f| %>
<%= f.text_field :first_name %>
<%= f.fields_for :profile do |pf| %>
<%= pf.text_field :some_profile_field %>
<% end -%>
<%- end -%>
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I am using Acl9 to manage the roles and I want to hide the checkbox usertype if the user has the role :customer and show it if the role is :manager. I want that just the :manager can edit all the fields and some for the :customer.
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<%= f.error_messages %>
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..in your application_helper.rb
module ApplicationHelper
include Acl9Helpers
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I have a _form.html.erb form partial which helps to DRY up my code but I need the form to have different labels depending on if I am creating a new user or updating an existing user.
Here is my form partial. I don't need to show the eula checkbox during update and I also need to replace the "Create my account" submit button text to something more appropriate when doing an update.
<% form_for #user do |f| %>
<%= f.error_messages %>
<p>
<%= f.label :name, 'Full name' %><br />
<%= f.text_field :name %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :username %><br />
<%= f.text_field :username %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :email, 'Email address' %><br />
<%= f.text_field :email %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :password %><br />
<%= f.password_field :password %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :password_confirmation %><br />
<%= f.password_field :password_confirmation %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.check_box :eula %>
<%= f.label :eula, 'I agree to the terms and conditions' %>
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<p><%= f.submit "Create my account" %></p>
<% end %>
Which one of the following is the best way to do this?
have 2 separate form partials, one for create and one for update
have 1 form partial but have conditional labels based on the action (is this possible?)
factor the common part into a partial and reuse that in the create and update forms
If I were to do conditional form how would I check which action is being performed?
ActiveRecord has the new_record? method which you can use to decide what to show on the form:
<% form_for #user do |f| %>
<%= f.error_messages %>
<p>
<%= f.label :name, 'Full name' %><br />
<%= f.text_field :name %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :username %><br />
<%= f.text_field :username %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :email, 'Email address' %><br />
<%= f.text_field :email %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :password %><br />
<%= f.password_field :password %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :password_confirmation %><br />
<%= f.password_field :password_confirmation %>
</p>
<% if #user.new_record? %>
<p>
<%= f.check_box :eula %>
<%= f.label :eula, 'I agree to the terms and conditions' %>
</p>
<% end %>
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<% end %>
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[Edit]
If you need to pass variables to a partial use this:
<%= render :partial => 'form', :locals => { :myvar => myvar } %>

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