Rails - Feb 2006 - this feels ugly

i better explain a little to get started.
in my form for creating a Person, there''s a Company field. People  
belong to companies and companies have many people.

in my person form i have:
<%= text_field ''person'', ''Company''  %>

in my controller i have
def create
	params[''person''][''Company''] =
Company.find_by_name(params[''person'']
[''Company''])
	@person = Person.new(params[:person])
	...
end

this seems ugly to me and makes me feel like this is not the best way.
I''m doing this because Person.new expects Company to be a Company  
object not a string.
params[''person''][''Company''] comes in from
the
form as "cutco" or "edgeslice" or whatever.

Anyway, i''m using a text field instead of a select box, because  
select boxes with more that like 3 items are annoying to use. I''m  
going to autocomplete the company text field.

how do people usually create new objects (and specify who they  
belong_to) from the child''s (in this case Person) view/controller?


travis

2006/2/28, travis laduke <wrong@socal.rr.com>:
> in my person form i have:
> <%= text_field ''person'', ''Company'' 
%>
You can use this instead:
<%= text_field_tag ''company'' %>

def create
  params[:person][:company] = Company.find_by_name(params[:company])
  @person = Person.build(params[:person])
  if @person.save then
    ...
  else
    ...
  end
end

For your question of how we do it, that is one of the ways I do it
(auto complete and all).

Hope that helps.
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