of course.. i post here and then I get it .
I started getting angry and thrashing and put the
@newsletter.sections.build in the wrong method.
once i moved it, everything started working just fine.
thanks,
C.
On Oct 15, 12:13 am, Charles
<rowe.char...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> I just did a large upgrade to to Rails 2.3.4 and I am trying to make
> use of the more modern view features.
>
> I have a Newsletter object. Newsletter has many Sections.
>
> I also have:
>
> accepts_nested_attributes_for :sections
>
> on the Newsletter object.
>
> I have the typical scaffolded new.html.erb with:
>
> <% form_for(@newsletter) do |f| %>
>
> in there, I am trying to populate the first Section using fields_for
> during the newsletter creation.
> If I try to emphasize "sections" in fields_for , I get an
exception.
>
> Otherwise, I can do this:
>
> <% f.fields_for :section, :index => 0 do |s| %>
>
> which in the forms creates newsletter[section][0].
>
> It will recognize :section but not :sections.
>
> If I manually set it so that it comes out as
> newsletter[sections][0]
> I get a "Section expected but got Array"
>
> I have tried with and without the section index.
>
> Any ideas? This is should be a text book usage and I am out of ideas
> to get it working.
>
> thanks,
> C.