Rails - Jul 2007 - New entries from foreign controller

I have a situation that I can''t seem to find an answer for.  I have a
view for a new "report" I want it to be possible for the user to input
a company name and location if they aren''t already in the list of
"known" values and when the form is submitted I want those manual
entries added to their respective tables at the same time the report
is added.

How would I go about doing this?  I''ve tried creating new_company and
new_location fields in the view and looking for them in the controller
but they are never set in the params hash.

Below is the relevant code:

CONTROLLER:

def create
    @report = Report.new(params[:report])

    # If they entered a location that wasn''t listed we need to add it
    if params[:new_location]
      @location = Location.new
      @location.city = params[:new_location][0]
      @location.region = params[:new_location][1]
      @location.country = params[:new_location][2]
      @location.save
    end

    # Similar to above but if they entered a company that wasn''t lited
    if params[:new_company]
      @company = Company.new
      @company.name = params[:new_company]
      if params[:new_location]
        @company.location_id = @location.id
      end
      @company.save
    end

    # And again for a new position
    if params[:new_position]
      @position = Position.new
      @position.name = params[:new_position]
      if params[:new_company]
        @position.company_id = @company
      end
      @position.save
    end

    if @report.save
      flash[:notice] = params.to_s
      redirect_to :action => ''list''
    else
      render :action => ''new''
    end
  end


VIEW:

<p>
	<label for="report_title">Title</label><br />
	<%= text_field ''report'', ''title''  %>
</p>


<p>
	<label for="report_company_id">Company:</label>
	<select id="company_id", name="company_id">
		<%= options_from_collection_for_select(@companies, :id, :name,
@selected) %>
	</select>
</p>


<p>
	<label for="report_new_company">Other:</label>
	<%= text_field ''report'', ''company_id''
%>
</p>


<p>
	<label for="report_position_id">Position:</label>
	<select id="position_id", name="position_id">
		<%= options_from_collection_for_select(@positions, :id, :name,
@selected) %>
	</select>
</p>


<p>
	<label for="report_new_position">Other:</label>
	<%= text_field ''report'', ''position_id''
%>
</p>


<p>
	<label for="report_category_id">Category:</label>
	<select id="category_id", name="category_id">
		<%= options_from_collection_for_select(@categories, :id, :name,
@selected) %>
	</select>
</p>


<p>
	<label for="report_new_category">Other:</label>
	<%= text_field ''report'', ''category_id''
%>
</p>

Thanks in advance,
Glen


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Nevermind,  I should have poked it with the "stick" a few more times
before I posted.

Using  <%= text_field_tag ''new_thing'' %> rather than 
<%= text_field
''report'', ''thing'' %> gave me the values
in params I was looking for.

On Jul 17, 8:39 pm,
"DamnBig...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org"
<DamnBig...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> I have a situation that I can''t seem to find an answer for.  I
have a
> view for a new "report" I want it to be possible for the user to
input
> a company name and location if they aren''t already in the list of
> "known" values and when the form is submitted I want those manual
> entries added to their respective tables at the same time the report
> is added.
>
> How would I go about doing this?  I''ve tried creating new_company
and
> new_location fields in the view and looking for them in the controller
> but they are never set in the params hash.
>
> Below is the relevant code:
>
> CONTROLLER:
>
> def create
>     @report = Report.new(params[:report])
>
>     # If they entered a location that wasn''t listed we need to add
it
>     if params[:new_location]
>       @location = Location.new
>       @location.city = params[:new_location][0]
>       @location.region = params[:new_location][1]
>       @location.country = params[:new_location][2]
>       @location.save
>     end
>
>     # Similar to above but if they entered a company that wasn''t
lited
>     if params[:new_company]
>       @company = Company.new
>       @company.name = params[:new_company]
>       if params[:new_location]
>         @company.location_id = @location.id
>       end
>       @company.save
>     end
>
>     # And again for a new position
>     if params[:new_position]
>       @position = Position.new
>       @position.name = params[:new_position]
>       if params[:new_company]
>         @position.company_id = @company
>       end
>       @position.save
>     end
>
>     if @report.save
>       flash[:notice] = params.to_s
>       redirect_to :action => ''list''
>     else
>       render :action => ''new''
>     end
>   end
>
> VIEW:
>
> <p>
>         <label for="report_title">Title</label><br
/>
>         <%= text_field ''report'',
''title''  %>
> </p>
>
> <p>
>         <label
for="report_company_id">Company:</label>
>         <select id="company_id",
name="company_id">
>                 <%= options_from_collection_for_select(@companies, :id,
:name,
> @selected) %>
>         </select>
> </p>
>
> <p>
>         <label
for="report_new_company">Other:</label>
>         <%= text_field ''report'',
''company_id'' %>
> </p>
>
> <p>
>         <label
for="report_position_id">Position:</label>
>         <select id="position_id",
name="position_id">
>                 <%= options_from_collection_for_select(@positions, :id,
:name,
> @selected) %>
>         </select>
> </p>
>
> <p>
>         <label
for="report_new_position">Other:</label>
>         <%= text_field ''report'',
''position_id'' %>
> </p>
>
> <p>
>         <label
for="report_category_id">Category:</label>
>         <select id="category_id",
name="category_id">
>                 <%= options_from_collection_for_select(@categories, :id,
:name,
> @selected) %>
>         </select>
> </p>
>
> <p>
>         <label
for="report_new_category">Other:</label>
>         <%= text_field ''report'',
''category_id'' %>
> </p>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Glen

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