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Leonel *.*

2011-Jul-20 01:32 UTC

Creating 2 or 3 models in one form

Anybody knows about an updated tutorial like this one:
http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=717

That one was written in 2006 and some of it''s code is deprecated. I
have
tried to update the code but I can''t get it quite right yet.

If I validate_presence_of parent_id, I get error "parent_id can''t
be
blank".

If I don''t validate the presence of the parent_id, it saves fine, but
in
the console I can see there is two separate insert statements happening,
such as...
INSERT INTO "parents" ("name") VALUES
(''Bob'')
INSERT INTO "children" ("parent_id") VALUES
(''1'')

So all I''m really asking is for a similar tutorial. I have been
searching but can''t find what I''m looking for yet.
I''ll keep on
searching.

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paul h

2011-Jul-20 09:20 UTC

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Re: Creating 2 or 3 models in one form

On Jul 20, 2:32 am, "Leonel *.*"
<li...-fsXkhYbjdPsEEoCn2XhGlw@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> Anybody knows about an updated tutorial like this
one:http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=717
>
> That one was written in 2006 and some of it''s code is deprecated.
I have
> tried to update the code but I can''t get it quite right yet
>
> If I validate_presence_of parent_id, I get error "parent_id
can''t be
> blank".
>
> If I don''t validate the presence of the parent_id, it saves fine,
but in
> the console I can see there is two separate insert statements happening,
> such as...
> INSERT INTO "parents" ("name") VALUES
(''Bob'')
> INSERT INTO "children" ("parent_id") VALUES
(''1'')
>
> So all I''m really asking is for a similar tutorial. I have been
> searching but can''t find what I''m looking for yet.
I''ll keep on
> searching.
The term you are looking to use to google for an answer is Nested
Forms.

I usually search like this: rails [version] [search terms]

There is plenty of stuff out there on nested forms, checkout
Railscasts episode 196 for a place to start.

HTH

Paul>
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Leonel *.*

2011-Jul-20 18:59 UTC

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Re: Creating 2 or 3 models in one form

That Railscast is good but it''s not what I''m looking for. I
don''t want
to dynamically add fields. And I just need to add one Account and one 
User that belongs to that account. As simple as that.

To make things simpler I just tried to work with ONE field, if it works 
then I can add more. So after a lot of experimentation and googling. 
This is what I came up with.

It''s a form from account model. I''m trying to create a company
object
and adding the company name and the account_id.

_form.html.erb (account)
<%= form_for @account do |account_form| %>
  <p>
    <% account_form.fields_for :companies do |company_form| %>
      <%= company_form.label :name, ''Company name'' %>
      <%= company_form.text_field :name %>
    <% end %>
  </p>

  <div class="actions">
    <%= account_form.submit %>
  </div>
<% end %>
----------------------------------------------------
accounts_controller.rb
  def new
    @account = Account.new
    @account.companies.build

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # new.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @account }
    end
  end

  def create
    @account = Account.new(params[:account])
    @account.companies.build(params[:companies])
      if @account.save
        redirect_to(@account, :notice => ''User was successfully 
created.'')
      else
        render :action => "new"
      end
  end
--------------------------------------------

It seems like I finally accomplished what I wanted. BUUUUT! when I 
submit the form, I get the Company Name field filled, but also ANOTHER 
Company Name field (I have no idea where it came from) and the message 
"Company name can''t be blank".

Why does it create an EXTRA Company Name field???

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Leonel *.*

2011-Jul-20 19:21 UTC

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Re: Creating 2 or 3 models in one form

Ok fixed it by changing the controller. build is already on
''new'', so I
removed it from ''create''.

-------------------------------
accounts_controller.rb
-------------------------------
accounts_controller.rb
  def new
    @account = Account.new
    @account.companies.build

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # new.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @account }
    end
  end

  def create
    @account = Account.new(params[:account])
      if @account.save
        redirect_to(@account, :notice => ''User was successfully
created.'')
      else
        render :action => "new"
      end
  end
-------------------------------

Now if I do this on the company model...

validates_presence_of :account_id

I get error: "Companies account can''t be blank". How can I
fix that?

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Leonel *.*

2011-Jul-21 02:44 UTC

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Re: Creating 2 or 3 models in one form

Ok, I''m able to write to 3 models in 1 form. The code creates a brand 
new record in each of the three tables and writes the corresponding 
account_id where it''s supposed to be. Everything works well, except one
thing.

PROBLEM: "company_id" it''s not being written in the
"users" table.

"account_id" writes in the "companies" and "users"
table.
It''s just the "company_id" that doesn''t get saved.

Here are the models.

------------------------------------------------
Account
------------------------------------------------
has_many users
has_many companies
accepts_nested_attributes_for :companies
accepts_nested_attributes_for :users

------------------------------------------------
Company
------------------------------------------------
belongs_to account (account_id)
has_many users
accepts_nested_attributes_for :users

------------------------------------------------
User
------------------------------------------------
belongs_to account (account_id)
belongs_to company (company_id)

------------------------------------------------
This is what I have in the accounts_controller.rb
------------------------------------------------
  def new
    @account = Account.new
    @account.companies.build
    @account.users.build

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # new.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @account }
    end
  end

  def create
    @account = Account.new(params[:account])
      if @account.save
        redirect_to(@account, :notice => ''User was successfully 
created.'')
      else
        render :action => "new"
    end
  end
---------------------------------------------------------
This is a simplified version of the form
----------------------------------------------------------

<%= form_for @account do |account_form| %>

  <% account_form.fields_for :users do |user_form| %>
  <p>
  <%= user_form.label :first_name %> <%= user_form.text_field 
:first_name %>
  </p>

  <p>
  <%= user_form.label :last_name %> <%= user_form.text_field :last_name
%>
  </p>

  <p>
  <%= user_form.label :email %>
  <%= user_form.text_field :email %>
  </p>

  <p>
  <%= user_form.label :username %><br />
  <%= user_form.text_field :username %><br />
  </p>
  <% end %>

  <p>
    <% account_form.fields_for :companies do |company_form| %>
      <%= company_form.label :name, ''Company name'' %>
      <%= company_form.text_field :name %>
    <% end %>
  </p>

  <div class="actions">
    <%= account_form.submit %>
  </div>
<% end %>
---------------------------------------------------------------

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Curtis Schofield

2011-Jul-21 03:14 UTC

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Re: Creating 2 or 3 models in one form

On Jul 20, 2011, at 7:44 PM, Leonel *.* wrote:
> ------------------------------------------------
> Account
> ------------------------------------------------
> has_many users
> has_many companies
> accepts_nested_attributes_for :companies
> accepts_nested_attributes_for :users
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> Company
> ------------------------------------------------
> belongs_to account (account_id)
> has_many users
> accepts_nested_attributes_for :users
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> User
> ------------------------------------------------
> belongs_to account (account_id)
> belongs_to company (company_id)

You are not going to get company_id written to the user table this way - as
there is nothing to tell account - when it is creating the users that it should
connect them to company too



Are these statements true ?

Account_0 => User => Account_1 : Account_0 == Account_1

Account_0 => User => Company => Account_1 : Account_0 == Account_1 

Account_0 => Company => User_0..User_N => Account_1 : Account_0 ==
Account_1

(this last one - i mean to say - are all users of a company belonging to the
same account?

 you may be able to customize your companies_attributes= method in Account such
that it cascades the users_attributes into the new company that it has created.

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Leonel *.*

2011-Jul-25 18:29 UTC

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Re: Creating 2 or 3 models in one form

Well, this worked. It added the account_id on companies. It added the 
company_id on users.

It did not, however, add account_id on users. But I guess it should be 
ok, right? I mean, if I know which company the users belongs to, I''m 
still able to find out what account_id is the user from.

Remember,
Account
Company belongs to account
User belongs to company

--------------------------------------------------
accounts_controller.rb
--------------------------------------------------
  def new
    @account = Account.new
    company = @account.companies.build
    company.users.build

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # new.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @account }
    end
  end
--------------------------------------------------
_form.html.erb
--------------------------------------------------
<%= form_for @account do |account_form| %>

  <% account_form.fields_for :companies do |company_form| %>
  <p>
    <%= company_form.label :name, ''Company name'' %>
    <%= company_form.text_field :name %>
    (Or non-profit, organization, group, school, etc.)
  </p>

<% company_form.fields_for :users do |user_form| %>
  <p>
  <%= user_form.label :first_name %> <%= user_form.text_field 
:first_name %>
  </p>

  <p>
    <%= user_form.label :last_name %> <%= user_form.text_field 
:last_name %>
  </p>

  <p>
    <%= user_form.label :email %>
    <%= user_form.text_field :email %>
  </p>

  <% end # fields_for :users %>
  <% end # fields for :companies %>

  <div class="actions">
    <%= account_form.submit %>
  </div>
<% end %>

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