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@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ params[:person][:name]
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The params[:person] hash is suitable for passing to `Person.new` or, if `@person` is an instance of Person, `@person.update_attributes`.
+[NOTE]
+============================================================================
+You must pass the name of an instance variable, i.e. `:person` or `"person"` and not an actual instance of person.
+============================================================================
Forms that deal with model attributes
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