Rails - Jul 2009 - hidden_field with nested attributes problem

ive been able to get nested attributes to work before. but only with a
has_many
Im having problems with hidden fields and nested attributes

model - owner.rb

belongs_to :ticket
belongs_to :employee


model - ticket.rb

belongs_to :owner, :class => ''Owner''
accepts_nested_attributes_for :owner, :allow_destroy => true

controller - tickets_controller.rb
  def new
    @ticket = Ticket.new
    @ticket.owner.build
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # new.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @ticket }
    end
  end

tickets view - new.html.erb
<% form_for(@ticket) do |f| %>
  <%= f.error_messages %>
  <p>
    <%= f.label :subject %><br />
    <%= f.text_field :subject %>
  </p>
  <p>
    <%= f.label :description %><br />
    <%= f.text_area :description, :rows => 10, :cols => 48 %>
  </p>
  <p>
    <%= f.label :due_date %><br />
    <%= f.text_field :due_date, :id =>
''ticket_date_select'' %>
  </p>
  <p>
    <%= f.label :ticket_status_id, "Set Ticket Status" %><br
/>
    <%= collection_select(:ticket, :ticket_status_id,
TicketStatus.all, :id, :status_type)%>
  </p>
  <p>
    <%= f.label :priority_id, "Ticket Priority" %><br />
    <%= collection_select(:ticket, :priority_id,
Priority.all, :id, :priority_type)%>
  </p>
  <% f.fields_for :owner do |owner_form|%>
      <%= owner_form.hidden_field :ticket_id, :value => @ticket.id %>
      <%= owner_form.hidden_field :employee_id, :value =>
current_employee.id %>
  <% end %>
  <p>
    <%= f.submit ''Create'' %>
  </p>
<% end %>


Basically im trying to set the ticket_id and employee_id in the owner
join model.

any help on what im doing wrong?