Rails - Aug 2005 - Juggling data between controllers

I ran straight into a brick wall here. The setup:

I have the controller "players". It lists all players, with a check
box to tag invididual lines. I also have a select list to select a
"raid" to add the players to. But I can''t get that data
properly to
the "raids" controller, which will handle the adding.

Here''s the code, stripped down to the essentials:

<%= form_tag :controller => ''raids'', :action =>
''add_members'' %>
<% for player in @players %>
<%= check_box ''player'', ''id'', {},
player.id %>
<% end %>
<select><%= select_open_raids %></select> <%= submit_tag
''Assign'' %>
<%= end_form_tag %>

select_open_raids is just a simple function that returns the groups
that are open right now:

def select_open_raids
	@raids = Raid.find(:all, :conditions => "status =
''open''")
	options_from_collection_for_select(@raids, "id",
"description")
end

Tailing the development log shows that I don''t get what I want in the
parameters to the raids controller:

Parameters: {"commit"=>"Assign",
"player"=>{"id"=>"0"},
"action"=>"add_members",
"controller"=>"raids"}

For starters, no matter which players I choose, if any, it only passes
:id => 0. check_box adds a hidden input field, and that screws this
up. Do I have to write my own custom checkbox function for this?

And the raids select box doesn''t appear in the parameters either.
Suggestions and pointers, anyone?

-- 
Johan Svensson
http://atomicplayboy.net/

your select box has no name ... thus should not be sending any values
with the request.


On 8/14/05, Johan Svensson
<echo5ive-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I ran straight into a brick wall here. The setup:
> 
> I have the controller "players". It lists all players, with a
check
> box to tag invididual lines. I also have a select list to select a
> "raid" to add the players to. But I can''t get that data
properly to
> the "raids" controller, which will handle the adding.
> 
> Here''s the code, stripped down to the essentials:
> 
> <%= form_tag :controller => ''raids'', :action =>
''add_members'' %>
> <% for player in @players %>
> <%= check_box ''player'', ''id'', {},
player.id %>
> <% end %>
> <select><%= select_open_raids %></select> <%=
submit_tag ''Assign'' %>
> <%= end_form_tag %>
> 
> select_open_raids is just a simple function that returns the groups
> that are open right now:
> 
> def select_open_raids
>         @raids = Raid.find(:all, :conditions => "status =
''open''")
>         options_from_collection_for_select(@raids, "id",
"description")
> end
> 
> Tailing the development log shows that I don''t get what I want in
the
> parameters to the raids controller:
> 
> Parameters: {"commit"=>"Assign",
"player"=>{"id"=>"0"},
> "action"=>"add_members",
"controller"=>"raids"}
> 
> For starters, no matter which players I choose, if any, it only passes
> :id => 0. check_box adds a hidden input field, and that screws this
> up. Do I have to write my own custom checkbox function for this?
> 
> And the raids select box doesn''t appear in the parameters either.
> Suggestions and pointers, anyone?
> 
> --
> Johan Svensson
> http://atomicplayboy.net/
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On 8/15/05, Zachery Hostens
<zacheryph-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

Well, I got it solved now. I made my own checkbox method that outputs

<input type="checkbox" id="player_id"
name="player[id][]" value="<%player.id %>"/>

This gives me

"player"=>{"id"=>["11", "12",
"17"]}

So I can select whichever checkboxes I need and get their associated
id to the controller.

-- 
Johan Svensson
http://atomicplayboy.net/