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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

Ok, to keep things short. Im wondering if I need a secondary relationship table to handle my many-to-one relationships. Here is an example of what I''ve written down. For instance say I want to find all of the people in a given location. class Location < AR:Base has_many :people end class Person < AR:Base belongs_to :location end My SQL tables look like: CREATE TABLE

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Good afternoon all I''m trying to implement a form that dynamically inserts radio buttons into a form. The user selects options from a drop-down menu. I use observe_field to watch for a change and call back to render the appropriate partial tha contains the radio options. All works nicely but I''m tripped up on one thing: When rendering a form using form_for how do I link those

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Hi all I am trying to use Fckeditor as text area to send mails.here is my code <% remote_form_for :send_sms, :before => "Element.show(''loader'')", :success => "Element.hide(''loader'')" do |sms| %> <div id="news_content_text_field_bg"> <%= fckeditor_textarea :send_sms, :message,:lang =>

routes.rb map.namespace :admin do |admin| admin.resources :cupcakes end rake routes cupcakes GET /cupcakes formatted_cupcakes GET /cupcakes.:format POST /cupcakes POST /cupcakes.:format That said, what the heck goes here: form_for(:cupcake, @cupcake, xxx_url) # ??? Calling create_admin_cupcake_url yields... undefined local variable

I have the following tables setup: locations :id :name systemmessages :id :name systemmessage_validtimes :id :name :systemmessage_id :location_id :start :end The systemmessage_validtimes has a ''has_many'' relationship with systemmessages, meaning that there could be many valid times for each system message. @systemMessage = Systemmessage.find(1) E.g. I

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 new to Rails3, and I''m just trying to get one last thing to work before I call it a night. The situation is the following (please if the code is horrible, just let me know, still learning): I want to log a dive. I might have a new location on that dive at which point I have to create a new Location, and then create the dive. A dive has_one location. A location has_many

I''m having trouble with a validation that depends on an attribute of a belongs_to parent. If the child is added to an unsaved parent (parent.children << new child), the has_many collection parent.children includes the unsaved child. However the belongs_to attribute child.parent appears to be nil until the parent has been saved. Without access to the parent attributes, the validation

Hi, I want to extend formbuilder to make it output a lable (I know about labeled_form_helper made by technoweenie), my own formating, and a couple of extra tags inside the form attribute. I was easily able to extend form_remote_to. But when I continue to adjust the way elements are handled I don''t know how to continue. I can''t find the method text_field thats should is

I have a ''new'' page with a submit for creating stories. On the ''show'' page the submit allows a user to enter comments. I now want a ''edit'' page for the stories with another submit for updates. I have used the ''create'' and ''update'' methods in the stories_controller on the ''new'' and

Hi, I''ve got a public\images\DownArrow.jpg and app\views\expenses\new.html.erb that want to present this image in the following context: <p> <%= f.label :vendor %><br /> <%= f.text_field :vendor %> <%= f.image "DownArrow.jpg" %> <br> <%= select_tag "test", options_for_select(@current_vendors.collect {

Warning: I am as green as #00FF00 with rails :-) I have an rhtml view that shows a survey: /views/survey/show.rhtml. I have a Survey model, helper and controller. I''m using the acts_as_commentable plugin to collect comments, and trying to save user comments from users who have taken a survey (don''t ask -- it''s just a test). To save the comment, I need the id of the

I''m rendering a partial using a collection: <%=render(:partial=> ''record'', :collection => @records)%> Inside the partial, I''m attempting to create a new form for each row, generating elements like the following example: <%= text_field "record", "name" %> However, though my objects are fully populated, these form tags

The setup: class Location::Base < ActiveRecord::Base set_table_name :locations ... end class Location::Address < Location::Base ... end class Location::Airport < Location::Base ... end class Person < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :location, :polymorphic => true, :class_name => "Location::Base" ... end I want a unidirectional belongs_to relationship. That

yop, http://rubyonrails.org/api/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html ici j''ai vu qu''on pouvait g?n?rer des ?l?ment d''un formulaire gr?ce des m?thodes. Apres quelque petite recherches j''ai trouv? comment g?n?rer un select <%= select(''category'', ''category.id'', Category.find_all.collect {|category| category.nom})

Hello, Ive been trying to sort out this problem for a couple of days now. Here''s my problem: Im builing an ajax form that has a repetitive sequence of similar form elements (tracking_id). <%= text_field "asset", "tracking_id", "index" => i, "class" => "case" %> <%= text_field "asset", "tracking_id",

Hi. I''m trying to run Getting started tutorial under Rails 4.0.0.beta1 although it assumes it runs on Rails 3. I was able to get rid of all errors by wrapping post_params here and there, and installing protected_attributes Gem for attr_accessible to make sense. Post/ comment CRUD works just fine, but I don''t seem to be able to add Tags (the final part of the tutorial). Post saved