Rails - Jan 2006 - Multiple Row Form similar to Milestones on BaseCamp

Hi all,

Wondering how to setup my view and controller to do something similar to 
the form on Basecamp that allows adding up to 10 milestones on one page.

Thanks
Phil

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On Jan 23, 2006, at 4:47 PM, Phil Wilson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Wondering how to setup my view and controller to do something  
> similar to
> the form on Basecamp that allows adding up to 10 milestones on one  
> page.
The trick, Phil, is to do something like:

   <% 10.times do |n| %>
     <%= text_field_tag "milestones[#{n}][title]" %><br />
   <% end %>

Then, in your controller you do:

   def create
     10.times do |n|
       next if params[:milestones][n.to_s][:title].blank?
       Milestone.create(params[:milestones][n.to_s])
     end
   end

Hope that makes sense,

Jamis

I''ve really got to start thinking along simpler terms!  This is great. 
Would extending this for multiple fields be simply checking each field 
to see if it is blank or something like this?
>    def create
>      10.times do |n|
>        next if params[:milestones][n.to_s].empty?
>        Milestone.create(params[:milestones][n.to_s])
>      end
>    end
Thanks very much.
Phil

Jamis Buck wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2006, at 4:47 PM, Phil Wilson wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Wondering how to setup my view and controller to do something  
>> similar to
>> the form on Basecamp that allows adding up to 10 milestones on one  
>> page.
> 
> The trick, Phil, is to do something like:
> 
>    <% 10.times do |n| %>
>      <%= text_field_tag "milestones[#{n}][title]" %><br
/>
>    <% end %>
> 
> Then, in your controller you do:
> 
>    def create
>      10.times do |n|
>        next if params[:milestones][n.to_s][:title].blank?
>        Milestone.create(params[:milestones][n.to_s])
>      end
>    end
> 
> Hope that makes sense,
> 
> Jamis

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