Rails - May 2006 - error_messages_for when saving within another model

Hi,

I have this save routine:

  def customer_address_create
    customer_options
    @customer = Customer.find(params[:id])
    @customer.addresses.create(params[:address])
    @saved = @customer.save
  end

That passes to a rjs template like this:

if @saved
	page.visual_effect :Fold, ''add_address''
	page.replace_html ''addresses'', :partial =>
''customer_address_list''
else
	page.replace_html ''address_error'',
"#{error_messages_for(''customer'')}"
	page.visual_effect :Highlight, ''address_error''
	page.show ''address_error''
end

To handle the error messages. I am unable to get a proper error message 
however. If i use error_messages_for(''address'') it returns
nothing, if I
use error_messages_for(''customer'') it returns

There were problems with the following fields:

Addresses is invalid

instead of returning the actual error messages for the address model.

Any idea what i am missing?

Thanks for the help!

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Put your validation for the address in the customer model.  Reference it 
by customer.address for the value, and by symbol for the "errors.add."

class Customer < ActiveRecord
  validates
   errors.add(:address, "must be a valid address") if 
customer.address.invalid
  end
end

in your rhtml field:

<%= errors_messages_for :customer %>

That should work.  It worked for me once.


Ryan Lundie wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have this save routine:
> 
>   def customer_address_create
>     customer_options
>     @customer = Customer.find(params[:id])
>     @customer.addresses.create(params[:address])
>     @saved = @customer.save
>   end
> 
> That passes to a rjs template like this:
> 
> if @saved
> 	page.visual_effect :Fold, ''add_address''
> 	page.replace_html ''addresses'', :partial =>
''customer_address_list''
> else
> 	page.replace_html ''address_error'',
"#{error_messages_for(''customer'')}"
> 	page.visual_effect :Highlight, ''address_error''
> 	page.show ''address_error''
> end
> 
> To handle the error messages. I am unable to get a proper error message 
> however. If i use error_messages_for(''address'') it
returns nothing, if I
> use error_messages_for(''customer'') it returns
> 
> There were problems with the following fields:
> 
> Addresses is invalid
> 
> instead of returning the actual error messages for the address model.
> 
> Any idea what i am missing?
> 
> Thanks for the help!

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