Nested attributes for belongs_to association rails
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My mistake was in the form. I missed the f.
before the fields_for :company
<%= f.fields_for :company do |company| %>
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pjmil over 1 year
I have two models, Complaint and Company. Complaint
belongs_to
andaccepts_nested_attributes
for Company, and Companyhas_many
Complaints.# Models class Complaint < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :complaint, :date, :resolved belongs_to :user, :class_name => 'User', :foreign_key => 'id' belongs_to :company, :class_name => 'Company', :foreign_key => 'id' has_many :replies accepts_nested_attributes_for :company end class Company < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessible :name has_many :complaints, :class_name => 'Complaint', :foreign_key => 'id' has_many :branches, :class_name => 'Branch', :foreign_key => 'id' belongs_to :industry end
In the Complaint Controller I try build a Company in the new method.
# Complaint Controller class ComplaintsController < ApplicationController ... def new @complaint = Complaint.new @complaint.build_company respond_to do |format| format.html # new.html.erb format.json { render json: @complaint } end end ... end
In the form I have added a field for adding a name attribute to the Company.
# Complaint Form <%= form_for(@complaint) do |f| %> <% if @complaint.errors.any? %> <div id="error_explanation"> <h2><%= pluralize(@complaint.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this complaint from being saved:</h2> <ul> <% @complaint.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %> <li><%= msg %></li> <% end %> </ul> </div> <% end %> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :complaint %><br /> <%= f.text_area :complaint, :rows => 5 %> </div> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :date %><br /> <%= f.datetime_select :date %> </div> <% if current_user.try(:admin?) %> <div class="field"> <%= f.label :resolved %><br /> <%= f.check_box :resolved %> </div> <% end %> <%= fields_for :company do |company| %> <div class="field"> <%= company.label :name, 'Company' %> <%= company.text_field :name %> </div> <% end %> <div class="actions"> <%= f.submit %> </div> <% end %>
The form submits but only the Complaint is saved. The user input for Company is disregarded. Why won't this create a new Company?