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how can i give name attributes for form_for(), so it will give an output like <form name="f">. it is because that i need to access the form name for javascript manipulation. as far as i know, name can only used in form_tag(), but i currently have more than 50 forms that built using form_for(). the structure is like this: <% form_for symbol, item, :url => { :action

Is it possible to pass this FormBuilder object to a controller and then back to a partial? I have a form rendering a partial that i would like to update with a call to my controller based on user selectable parameters, but when the AJAX comes back, i get this error message because i cannot pass a form builder object between the controller and the view: "undefined method

In a form_for context, is there a way to access objects that are related to the primary object with a belongs_to? I think an example will serve best: class User < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :person attr_accessor :username end class Person < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :user attr_accessor :first_name end <% form_for :user do |form| %> <%= form.text_field

I''m stumped on how to get past this. It''s Rails 2.0.2. I have a class, Show. Using STI, I''m using that as a base class, and have DayShow and NightShow that inherit from it. ### class Show < ActiveRecord::Base end class DayShow < Show end ### In my shows/edit.html.erb, I have: <% form_for(@show) do |f| %> However, when I use it with a @show that has

hi all i was wondering whether it is possible to use partials along with form_for and form_field. following code is not working. is there some error or this case is impossible..?? *#new.html.erb* <h1>Enter Details for new Partner:</h1> <% form_for(@partner) do |f| %> <%= render :partial => ''form'', :locals => {:partner => f} %> <p>

Say I have a person object which has a aggregation object call address. The the code to manipulate a form for create a new person should be: # new.rhtml <% form_for :person, :url => {:action => ''create''} do |f| %> <%= render :partial => ''form'', :locals => {:f => form} %> <%= submit_tag "Create" %> <% end %>

Hi, I have a resource map like this: map.resources :users do |user| user.resource :sreg10record end So a User is supposed to have (at most) one Sreg10record. The problem is in the views. I tried following this tutorial: http://www.akitaonrails.com/2007/12/12/rolling-with-rails-2-0-the-first-full-tutorial which proposes something like: <% form_for( [@user, @sreg10record] ) do |f|

hi forum, I am new to rails, and i am just getting my hang of things. Problem, how do you pass content captured in a form to a custom method? I have the following form: <% form_for :message, @message, :url => { :action => ''reply''} do |f| %> <table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="5"> <tr> <td>Content:<%=

question one: is there any select box tag for form_for? now,perhaps i just can use the select or select_tag? question tow: i have a A model,it has one B such as: class A< ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :B when i use the form_for tag,how can i output the variable name?like this: <%form_for :a,@a,:url=>{:controller=>"a",:action=>"save"} do |f|%>

Hi, How can I add a class to a form generated thus: <% form_for :applicant, :url=> {:action => "index"} do |f| %> I tried: <% form_for :applicant, :url=> {:action => "index"}, :class => ''test'' do |f| %> but this didn''t work. Thanks for your help. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi All, I am just trying to learn ruby/rails so please don''t flame me if this is a stupid question. As a learning project I decided to create my own blog using ROR. I have created a controller that shows paged blog entries, and below each blog is a list of comments along with a form alowing the user to add a new comment. To create the form for the comment entry I used form_for

hi everybody... I have a form_for in that, onclicking submit button i am calling a javascript for validation.If validation fails that form_for doesnt do anything.But even the validation fails it goes to the controller and action. here my code: <%form_for :promotion_code,

Hello, I am trying to install my login and search forms as default parts of the layout. This is the code I am using: <% form_for :user, :url => {:action => ''authenticate''} do |f| %> <p>Username:<br /><%= f.text_field :username, :size => 30 %></p> <p>Password:<br /><%= f.password_field :password, :size => 30

Hi All I''m trying to combine the from_for and select helpers Right now I have form_for :service, :url => ...... do |f| select("abc", "xyz_id", @my_arr.collect {|item| [ item, "bla" ] }, {:prompt => "opt1"} ) .... end What I want to do is something like .... f.select("abc", "xyz_id", @my_arr.collect {|item|

Hi, I''m trying to create a Blog in it''s own subdirectory for an E-commerce site. Everything is hooked up just fine for the basic posting, but when I try to add Comments, I''m getting all sorts of headaches! I''m referring to the screencast by Ryan Bates on the rubyonrails.org site. Basically, my controller is Blog::Comments, in my Blog::Post comment form I have

Hello, I had an app running on RoR 1.1, now I''m migrating it to 2.1. In a view I have: <div id="user_management"> <fieldset> <legend>Please log in</legend> <% form_for(:user, :url => sessions_path) do |f| %> <p>Username: <span class="notice"><%= flash[:notice]%></ span></p>

I have a form ... html ..... <% form_for @person do |f| %> ... html ..... <%= f.text_field :last_name %> ... html ..... <% end %> When last_name field of @person doesn''t contains french special symbols like ''é'', all characters are displayed in the input control (f.text_field :last_name ). Else only symbols before french special symbol are

Is there a reason I can''t find any information on using the onsubmit attribute with form_for? I''d hate to *gasp* hardcode the form tag in. chad --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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

Hi anybody plz help me how can i use link_to_remote with in form_for.. i tried but no luck... if i use form_tag i can able to use link_to_remote and made ajax call.but i need to use form_for ....can anyone help me how can i do with this.Thanks in advance. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are

I have a following snippt to make a form. <% form_for :post, @post, :url => { :action => "create" } do |f| -%> <%- end -> What does ":post" and "@post" do respectively? If my understanding is correct, @post is there because I set "@post = Post.new" in the action. But I don''t know what ":post " is for. Tek