Hello everyone I''m learning Ruby on rails for a school project but I keep bumping in to problems (probably because i''m used to java, c++, c# and php). I have a simple table in my database and I have a simple form wich differs from that table. But after some altering of the form values i have to send the right values to de database. ok lets post some code so you will understand: database table: [code] class CreateUsages < ActiveRecord::Migration def self.up create_table :Usages do |table2| table2.column :User_id, :integer table2.column :Usage, :float end end def self.down drop_table :Usages end end [/code] the form: [code] <h1>New usage</h1> <%= start_form_tag :action=> "create" %> <%= error_messages_for ''usage'' %><br/> <label for="usage_kilometers">Kilometers</label><br/> <%= text_field "usage", "kilometers", :size => 10 %><br/> <label for="usage_liters">Liters</label><br/> <%= text_field "usage", "liters", :size => 10 %><br/> <%= submit_tag "Add" %> <%= end_form_tag %> [/code] piece of the controller: [code] def create @usage = Usage.new(params[:usage]) @user=session[:user] Usage.calculate(@usage.kilometers, @usage.liters, 10) if request.post? if @usage.save Usage.calculate(@usage.kilometers, @usage.liters, 10) flash[:notice] = ''Usage was successfully created.'' redirect_to :action => ''list'' else render :action => ''new'' end end end [/code] the model [code] require ''digest/sha1'' class Usage < ActiveRecord::Base attr_accessor :kilometers attr_accessor :liters attr_accessor :user validates_length_of :kilometers, :within => 1..10 validates_length_of :liters, :within => 1..10 validates_presence_of :kilometers, :liters def self.calculate(kilometers, liters, user) usage = Usage.new usage.User_id = user usage.Usage = (kilometers.to_i / liters.to_i) usage.save end end [/code] The problem is that every entry my form makes in de database contains NULL values... instead of the user_id wich i set to an hard 10. or the usage value wich is calculated... I am stuck at this part for some time and I experimented a lot... this code is the closesd I got. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---