Rails - Jul 2008 - NoMethodError from ActiveRecord::Base#save

I have a written a simple RoR program that accepts a plaintext upload from a
user and then emails that file capitalized to an email address aquired
through a form. I am trying to utilize ActiveRecord to create a list of past
upload , but I receive a NoMethodError whenever I try to save my model. The
error follows:

<code>NoMethodError in UploadController#upload

You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.delete

RAILS_ROOT: C:/RailsApps/SpecEd1
Application Trace:

c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:124:in
`rollback_active_record_state!''
c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.1.0/lib/active_record/transactions.rb:110:in
`save!''
app/controllers/upload_controller.rb:18:in `upload''

Request

Parameters:

{"Upload"=>"Upload,
 Capitalize,
 and Email",
 "emailaddress"=>"Orbipedis-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org",
 "datafile"=>#<ActionController::UploadedStringIO:0x3442a34>}

Response

Headers:

{"cookie"=>[],
 "Cache-Control"=>"no-cache"}</code>

And here is my Model:
require ''net/smtp''

class DataFile < ActiveRecord::Base
   def initialize(incoming_file)
      @file_name = incoming_file.original_filename
      @content_type = incoming_file.content_type
      @file = incoming_file
   end
   
   def uploaded_file=(incoming_file)
      @file_name = incoming_file.original_filename
      @content_type = incoming_file.content_type
      @file = incoming_file
   end
   
   def file_name=(new_file_name)
      write_attribute("file_name", sanitize_filename(new_file_name))
   end
   
   def save_file
      File.open("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/uploaded/#{@file_name}",
"wb") do |f|
         f.write(@file.read)
      end
   end
   
   def email(address, time)
      filedata = ""
      File.open("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/uploaded/#{@file_name}",
"r") do |f|
         if @content_type === ''text/plain''
            lines = f.readlines
            Net::SMTP.start(''smtp.psu.edu'', 25,
''arl.psu.edu'', ''zkg5001'',
''4b4eebhjkasdfyu'', :plain) do |smtp|
               smtp.send_message(generate_email(lines, time),
''zkg5001-8DAjSxpRXgY@public.gmane.org'', address)
            end
         else
            Net::SMTP.start(''smtp.psu.edu'', 25,
''arl.psu.edu'', ''zkg5001'',
''4b4eebhjkasdfyu'', :plain) do |smtp|
               smtp.send_message("file was not plaintext",
''zkg5001-8DAjSxpRXgY@public.gmane.org'', address)
            end
         end
      end
   end
   
   def to_s
      "File-- name:#{@file_name} type:#{@content_type}"
   end
      
   private
   
   def sanitize_filename(file_name)
      just_filename = File.basename(file_name) 
      just_filename.gsub(/[^\w\.\-]/,''_'')
   end
      
   def generate_email(lines, time)
      email = "Time of fileprocess is: File processed at:
#{time.hour}:#{time.min}:#{time.sec}
#{time.mon}/#{time.mday}/#{time.year}\n\n"
      email << lines.join(''\n'').upcase
      File.open("C:\\myLog.txt", "w") do |f|
         f.puts(email)
      end
      
      return email
   end
   
end

And its migration:
class DataFiles < ActiveRecord::Migration
  def self.up
     create_table :data_files do |t|
        t.column :file_name, :string
        t.column :content_type, :string
        t.column :file, :text
     end
     
  end

  def self.down
     drop_table :data_files
  end
end

and the controller:
require ''date''

class UploadController < ApplicationController
   protect_from_forgery :only => [:create, :update, :destroy] 
   
   def index
      render :file => ''app\views\upload\index.html.erb''
   end
   
   def upload
      @myData = DataFile.new(params[''datafile''])
      File.open("C:/myLog.txt", "w") do |f|
         f.puts @myData
      end
      
      #@myData.uploaded_file = params[''datafile'']
      @myData.save_file
      @myData.save!
      timeOfUpload = DateTime.now
     
if(/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i.match(params[''emailaddress'']))
         @myData.email(params[''emailaddress''], timeOfUpload)
         redirect_to :action => ''index''
      else
         redirect_to :action => ''invalid_email''
      end
   end
   
   def invalid_email
      render :file =>
''app/views/upload/invalid_email.html.erb''
   end
   
   def history
      render :file =>''app/views/upload/history.html.erb''
   end
   
   
end
   
I don''t know why the exception is being thrown or how to fix it. Any
assistance would be much appreciated

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