Rails - Nov 2010 - Error creating model object using accepts_nested_attributes_for

Folks,

I am on Rails 2.3.8. I have models declared as below

class GradeSection < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many  :class_calendars
  <more stuff>
end

class ClassCalendar < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :uploaded_attachments, :class_name =>
''UploadedAttachment''
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :uploaded_attachments
  belongs_to  :grade_section
end

class UploadedAttachment < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :class_calendar
  has_attached_file :phile,
        :url => "/assets/class_cal/:id/:style/:basename.:extension"
end

In my create function in GradeSection controller I get data posted as
such

Processing GradeSectionController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2010-11-27
22:13:46) [POST]
  Parameters:
{"authenticity_token"=>"fwdgGanIsScNQUcm6sYc952xhT2BSVH6LXggOJdxhKo=",
"class_calendar"=>{"dt"=>"Mon Dec 13 2010
22:13:35 GMT-0800 (Paci
fic Standard Time)", "summary"=>"",
"grade_section_id"=>"1",
"chkproj"=>"0",
"uploaded_attachments"=>{"name"=>"Test 2"},
"chkhw"=>"1"}}

"name" is a string field for filename in UploadedAttachments model (I
am going to use that model for storing uploaded attachments but taking
incremental steps - getting just the name for now) and
grade_section_id is passed in so I create the model through
ClassCalendar

When I get the above posted data, in the create function of
GradeSectionController, I create a ClassCalendar object from params
that are submitted as below

 @cc = ClassCalendar.new(params[:class_calendar])  # line 96 in the
code

But this line gives me the following error

#================= Error Message
======================ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch
(UploadedAttachment(#90313070)
expected, got Array(#1200170)):
  app/controllers/grade_section_controller.rb:96:in `new''
  app/controllers/grade_section_controller.rb:96:in `create''
  c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.5/lib/ruby-
debug.rb:101:in `debug_load''
  c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.5/lib/ruby-
debug.rb:101:in `debug_program''
  c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.5/bin/rdebug-ide:
82
  c:\ruby\bin\rdebug-ide:19:in `load''
  c:\ruby\bin\rdebug-ide:19
  -e:2:in `load''
  -e:2
#================= end error message ======================
I may be missing something very simple but I don''t understand the
error and don''t quite know how to debug this - getting an Array
instead of UploadedAttachment. Looking for help with any pointers on
what the issue is and how to debug such errors.

Thanks,
-S

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Looking for any pointer to help address or some way to debug this 
problem. Appreciate any thoughts.

Thanks,
-S

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On 28 November 2010 22:08, skt
<stibrewal-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I am on Rails 2.3.8. I have models declared as below
>
> class GradeSection < ActiveRecord::Base
>  has_many  :class_calendars
>  <more stuff>
> end
>
> class ClassCalendar < ActiveRecord::Base
>  has_many :uploaded_attachments, :class_name =>
''UploadedAttachment''
>  accepts_nested_attributes_for :uploaded_attachments
>  belongs_to  :grade_section
> end
>
> class UploadedAttachment < ActiveRecord::Base
>  belongs_to :class_calendar
>  has_attached_file :phile,
>        :url =>
"/assets/class_cal/:id/:style/:basename.:extension"
> end
>
> In my create function in GradeSection controller I get data posted as
> such
>
> Processing GradeSectionController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2010-11-27
> 22:13:46) [POST]
>  Parameters:
>
{"authenticity_token"=>"fwdgGanIsScNQUcm6sYc952xhT2BSVH6LXggOJdxhKo=",
> "class_calendar"=>{"dt"=>"Mon Dec 13 2010
22:13:35 GMT-0800 (Paci
> fic Standard Time)", "summary"=>"",
"grade_section_id"=>"1",
> "chkproj"=>"0",
"uploaded_attachments"=>{"name"=>"Test 2"},
Since no one else has responded, and I don''t know how it relates to
the error you are seeing, but I wonder whether this should be an array
of uploaded_attachments rather than a single instance.

Whether that is the issue or not, it might be worth removing the
attachements spec from the form initially just to check that you can
create a new object without the nested objects.
> "chkhw"=>"1"}}
>
> "name" is a string field for filename in UploadedAttachments
model (I
> am going to use that model for storing uploaded attachments but taking
> incremental steps - getting just the name for now) and
> grade_section_id is passed in so I create the model through
> ClassCalendar
>
> When I get the above posted data, in the create function of
> GradeSectionController, I create a ClassCalendar object from params
> that are submitted as below
>
>  @cc = ClassCalendar.new(params[:class_calendar])  # line 96 in the
> code
>
> But this line gives me the following error
>
> #================= Error Message ======================>
ActiveRecord::AssociationTypeMismatch (UploadedAttachment(#90313070)
> expected, got Array(#1200170)):
>  app/controllers/grade_section_controller.rb:96:in `new''
>  app/controllers/grade_section_controller.rb:96:in `create''
>  c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.5/lib/ruby-
> debug.rb:101:in `debug_load''
>  c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.5/lib/ruby-
> debug.rb:101:in `debug_program''
>  c:/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ruby-debug-ide-0.4.5/bin/rdebug-ide:
> 82
>  c:\ruby\bin\rdebug-ide:19:in `load''
>  c:\ruby\bin\rdebug-ide:19
>  -e:2:in `load''
>  -e:2
> #================= end error message ======================>
> I may be missing something very simple but I don''t understand the
> error and don''t quite know how to debug this - getting an Array
> instead of UploadedAttachment. Looking for help with any pointers on
> what the issue is and how to debug such errors.
Do you know how to use reby-debug to break into your code and inspect
data and follow flow.  You could break in before the offending line to
double check the data at that point.  See the Rails Guide on debugging
if you are not familiar with this.

Colin

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On Nov 28, 10:08 pm, skt
<stibre...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> In my create function in GradeSection controller I get data posted as
> such
>
> Processing GradeSectionController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2010-11-27
> 22:13:46) [POST]
>   Parameters:
>
{"authenticity_token"=>"fwdgGanIsScNQUcm6sYc952xhT2BSVH6LXggOJdxhKo=",
> "class_calendar"=>{"dt"=>"Mon Dec 13 2010
22:13:35 GMT-0800 (Paci
> fic Standard Time)", "summary"=>"",
"grade_section_id"=>"1",
> "chkproj"=>"0",
"uploaded_attachments"=>{"name"=>"Test 2"},
> "chkhw"=>"1"}}
>
> "name" is a string field for filename in UploadedAttachments
model (I
> am going to use that model for storing uploaded attachments but taking
> incremental steps - getting just the name for now) and
> grade_section_id is passed in so I create the model through
> ClassCalendar
This data doesn''t look like what the nested_attributes stuff looks
like - I would expected it to be more like
''uploaded_attachments_attributes'' =>
{{''0'' => {''name'' => ''Test
2''}}

What does your form look like?

Fred

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Thanks Frank. I finally found this post on the forum 
http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/191857 that points out what you have. It 
is interesting that the form_for declaration in the view has to be 
something like follows

<% form_for @modelname do |f| %>

instead of

<% form_for :modelname do |f| %>

Don''t yet understand why this makes a difference but that is what makes
the difference and posts data with nested model name appended with 
"attributes" as you point below.

Thanks for the feedback - very much appreciated. Past that hurdle and 
onto the next one.

-S

Frederick Cheung wrote in post #965073:
> On Nov 28, 10:08pm, skt
<stibre...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> "chkhw"=>"1"}}
>>
>> "name" is a string field for filename in UploadedAttachments
model (I
>> am going to use that model for storing uploaded attachments but taking
>> incremental steps - getting just the name for now) and
>> grade_section_id is passed in so I create the model through
>> ClassCalendar
>
> This data doesn''t look like what the nested_attributes stuff looks
> like - I would expected it to be more like
> ''uploaded_attachments_attributes'' =>
{{''0'' => {''name'' => ''Test
2''}}
>
> What does your form look like?
>
> Fred
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