Rails - Jan 2008 - Insert rows of the same table from different forms

Hi,
I tried to insert rows of the same table from different forms in
different pages.

Example: user table has name, address, telephone number and hobbies.
I have two pages with one form in each page. One form in the page has
name and address fields while the other form in the other page has
telphone number and hobbies fields. All of the fields cannot be null. I
need to be able to post these fields from those two different forms.

Can anyone please help me to achieve this ?

Thanks,
user splash
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Considering that the data from the first form cannot be saved yet
because of validation, all you need to do is to add hidden fields that
relate to the attributes from the first form.

Say the first form is to change name and the second to change address,
you would add in the second a hidden field that uses @user.name.

This will work if you are using @user = User.new(params[:user]) to
initiate the user object on every form.

It will get nasty when you try to validate the user though, cause he
will go trough all forms without errors and on the last one might get
an error that "Name" (from first form) is blank.

My advice is to add all fields who need to be present for the model to
pass validation on the first form. Considering a user object, this
would usually be username, password and email. Then you show the user
some reminders to update his address in case he have an empty one.
Remember, make the "sign up" forms short and quick. Ask the user to
fill additional but not that critical data later...

On Jan 10, 7:41 pm, user splash
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wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried to insert rows of the same table from different forms in
> different pages.
>
> Example: user table has name, address, telephone number and hobbies.
> I have two pages with one form in each page. One form in the page has
> name and address fields while the other form in the other page has
> telphone number and hobbies fields. All of the fields cannot be null. I
> need to be able to post these fields from those two different forms.
>
> Can anyone please help me to achieve this ?
>
> Thanks,
> user splash
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felipekk-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> Considering that the data from the first form cannot be saved yet
> because of validation, all you need to do is to add hidden fields that
> relate to the attributes from the first form.
> 
> Say the first form is to change name and the second to change address,
> you would add in the second a hidden field that uses @user.name.
> 
> This will work if you are using @user = User.new(params[:user]) to
> initiate the user object on every form.
> 
> It will get nasty when you try to validate the user though, cause he
> will go trough all forms without errors and on the last one might get
> an error that "Name" (from first form) is blank.
> 
> My advice is to add all fields who need to be present for the model to
> pass validation on the first form. Considering a user object, this
> would usually be username, password and email. Then you show the user
> some reminders to update his address in case he have an empty one.
> Remember, make the "sign up" forms short and quick. Ask the user
to
> fill additional but not that critical data later...
> 
> On Jan 10, 7:41?pm, user splash
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>


Hi,

So what the previous posting means is for me to post the fields from the 
first form to the second form in hidden fields? And does this work for 
update as well?

Thanks,
user splash
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> Hi,
> 
> So what the previous posting means is for me to post the fields from the 
> first form to the second form in hidden fields? And does this work for 
> update as well?
> 
> Thanks,
> user splash

To add on to the previous postings, I have to create 100 over rows. 
Won''t it over load the form by hidding these fields? And I would love
to
know how can I insert more than one rows into a column all at the same 
time?

Thanks,
user splash
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Now I don''t understand you anymore. My examples were for a simple user
form, where you edit basic stuff like name on the first form and
address on the second one. And I understood that they were
"sequential", as in a 2 step thing. If they are not sequential then
this does not apply.

I need you to explain better, with real code if possible what the
model is and what data you want to change on the first form and what
data you want to change on the second form.

On Jan 11, 1:52 am, fries 88
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wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > So what the previous posting means is for me to post the fields from
the
> > first form to the second form in hidden fields? And does this work for
> > update as well?
>
> > Thanks,
> > user splash
>
> To add on to the previous postings, I have to create 100 over rows.
> Won''t it over load the form by hidding these fields? And I would
love to
> know how can I insert more than one rows into a column all at the same
> time?
>
> Thanks,
> user splash
> --
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There are a couple options..

Option 1:
have the entire form on one page, where you put the form on separate
tabs.  The tabs would be hidden + selectable via DHTML + Javascript

Option 2:
User.save_without_validation, storing the user id either in session or
flash, or params, or have a hidden_field_tag which carries the user id
along with each form.

On Jan 10, 10:41 pm, user splash
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wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried to insert rows of the same table from different forms in
> different pages.
>
> Example: user table has name, address, telephone number and hobbies.
> I have two pages with one form in each page. One form in the page has
> name and address fields while the other form in the other page has
> telphone number and hobbies fields. All of the fields cannot be null. I
> need to be able to post these fields from those two different forms.
>
> Can anyone please help me to achieve this ?
>
> Thanks,
> user splash
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
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Gammons wrote:
> There are a couple options..
> 
> Option 1:
> have the entire form on one page, where you put the form on separate
> tabs.  The tabs would be hidden + selectable via DHTML + Javascript
> 
> Option 2:
> User.save_without_validation, storing the user id either in session or
> flash, or params, or have a hidden_field_tag which carries the user id
> along with each form.
> 
> On Jan 10, 10:41 pm, user splash
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>


Hi,

The forms I am going to create might not be in step 1 step 2 sequence. 
As user can skip step 1 or 2 and move directly to step 3 then come back 
to do the steps he/she has skipped.

Thanks,
fries 88

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fries 88 wrote:
> Gammons wrote:
>> There are a couple options..
>> 
>> Option 1:
>> have the entire form on one page, where you put the form on separate
>> tabs.  The tabs would be hidden + selectable via DHTML + Javascript
>> 
>> Option 2:
>> User.save_without_validation, storing the user id either in session or
>> flash, or params, or have a hidden_field_tag which carries the user id
>> along with each form.
>> 
>> On Jan 10, 10:41 pm, user splash
<rails-mailing-l...-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The forms I am going to create might not be in step 1 step 2 sequence. 
> As user can skip step 1 or 2 and move directly to step 3 then come back 
> to do the steps he/she has skipped.
> 
> Thanks,
> fries 88

Hi,
 Sorry if I sound confusing. What I am required to do here is to create 
a new  user. There are three pages here.
- Page 1: save username and password into user table
- Page 2: save address, telephone number and gender into user table
- Page 3: save hobbies and favourites into user_info table

The user does not have to browse around these pages in sequence. I have 
tried many ways and have yet to get this working. Anyone please, how can 
I acheive this.

Thanks,
fries 88
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> Hi,
>  Sorry if I sound confusing. What I am required to do here is to create 
> a new  user. There are three pages here.
> - Page 1: save username and password into user table
> - Page 2: save address, telephone number and gender into user table
> - Page 3: save hobbies and favourites into user_info table
> 
> The user does not have to browse around these pages in sequence. I have 
> tried many ways and have yet to get this working. Anyone please, how can 
> I acheive this.
> 
> Thanks,
> fries 88

Sorry I miss out this part:
All the fields in user table cannot be null
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fries 88 wrote:
>> Hi,
>>  Sorry if I sound confusing. What I am required to do here is to create
>> a new  user. There are three pages here.
>> - Page 1: save username and password into user table
>> - Page 2: save address, telephone number and gender into user table
>> - Page 3: save hobbies and favourites into user_info table
>> 
>> The user does not have to browse around these pages in sequence. I have
>> tried many ways and have yet to get this working. Anyone please, how
can
>> I acheive this.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> fries 88
> 
> 
> Sorry I miss out this part:
> All the fields in user table cannot be null
Hi,
I have tried the secong option suggested by Gammons and it still cant 
work. I dont understand the first option. Can someone please further 
explain or provide another option to this problem?

Thanks,
fries 88
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