Fatal error: Call to a member function getBackend() on a non-object

[jamesckemp]

Hey,

I managed to get the extension installed and configured, however, if I try to batch update a customer's activation status, it straight away gives me this error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function getBackend() on a non-object in /../app/code/community/Netzarbeiter/CustomerActivation/Model/Resource/Customer.php on line 46

I've had a look and it's referring to this line:

$table = $attribute->getBackend()->getTable();

The previous line:

$attribute = $this->getAttribute('customer_activated');

seems to be returning false. Could it be that the attribute hasn't been added because I installed manually? Should there be a field if I click through to a customer in the backend? I can't currently see any additional fields there.

Thanks in advance.

[jamesckemp]

Think I cracked it actually. Because I installed via magento connect to start with, and then manually, I don't think it installed the required attribute.

I removed the customeractivation_setup row form core_resource and it triggered it to reinstall on page refresh - seems to work now!

Thanks.

[Vinai]

Good job on figuring it out, and thanks for the updates!

[jamesckemp]

No worries - it works really well! Thanks for making it.