In my model I have two classes, a donation class and a good class. A
donation can have mulitple goods, so I set up a has_many relationship
between the two objects.
class Donation < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :goods
class Good < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :donation
In my view (donation/new.html.erb), I add goods to a donation the
following way;
<input id="donation__goods_item"
name="donation[goods][1][item]"
style="width: 100%;" maxlength="20"
type="text">
<textarea id="donation_goods_description"
name="donation[goods][1]
[description]" style="width: 100%;"
rows="3"></textarea>
<input id="donation__goods_item"
name="donation[goods][2][item]"
style="width: 100%;" maxlength="20"
type="text">
<textarea id="donation_goods_description"
name="donation[goods][2]
[description]" style="width: 100%;"
rows="3"></textarea>
<input id="donation__goods_item"
name="donation[goods][2][item]"
style="width: 100%;" maxlength="20"
type="text">
<textarea id="donation_goods_description"
name="donation[goods][2]
[description]" style="width: 100%;"
rows="3"></textarea>
This will create the following @params after submitting the form.
{"commit"=>"Submit",
"authenticity_token"=>"727eec63cfc5b40ee935c0d3478476661893b52c",
"donation"=>{"goods"=>
{"1"=>
{"item"=>"books",
"description"=>"Children books"},
"2"=>
{"item"=>"shoes",
"description"=>"Leather Boots"},
"3"=>
{"item"=>"blankets",
"description"=>"wool blankets"},}}}
The donation controller:
class DonationsController < ApplicationController
def create
@donation = Donation.new(params[:donation])
....
So, I was hoping that ruby on rails automatically generates the goods
and adds them to the donation object, but when create is called, i get
the following error on the first line;
ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch in DonationsController#create
Good expected, got Array
Any help is appreciated.
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There is a lot of magic in rails, but not that much.
Based on the @params info that you showed you will have to extract the
donation info, create the object and manually make the relations to the
goods.
ex
def create
@donation = Donation.new(params[:donation])
params[:donation][:goods].each do |g|
@donation.gifts.build(g)
end
if @donation.save
..
end
end
Or something like that.
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Thanks. Is there some way to manipulate the @params info so that ruby automates this process? On Jan 29, 1:21 pm, Chris Olsen <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> There is a lot of magic in rails, but not that much. > > Based on the @params info that you showed you will have to extract the > donation info, create the object and manually make the relations to the > goods. > > ex > def create > @donation = Donation.new(params[:donation]) > params[:donation][:goods].each do |g| > @donation.gifts.build(g) > end > > if @donation.save > .. > end > end > > Or something like that. > > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Franz Obenhauser wrote:> Thanks. Is there some way to manipulate the @params info so that ruby > automates this process? > > On Jan 29, 1:21 pm, Chris Olsen <rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>I think I could explain this if I had to, but let me send you someplace better first and if that doesn''t help come back. Railscasts had three excelent screen casts on doing exactly what your asking about, and they will be much better then a text answer I could write in the next 3 minutes. http://railscasts.com/episodes/73 Complex forms often lead to complex controllers, but that doesn''t have to be the case. In this episode see how you can create multiple models through a single form while keeping the controller clean. http://railscasts.com/episodes/74 See how to use Javascript and RJS to add and remove form fields dynamically. This episode will build upon the previous episode allowing you to create any number of tasks in one form the same time a project is created. http://railscasts.com/episodes/75 In this third and final episode on complex forms [he] will show you how to edit a project and multiple tasks all in one form. This includes removing and adding tasks dynamically as well. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---