Rails create button does not work with render partial - ruby-on-rails

Question

Following the DRY rule, I've inserted the render partial command inside my officers\_form.html.erb view:
<%= form_for(officer) do |f| %>
<% if officer.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(officer.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this officer from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% officer.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>
<li><%= message %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<%= render :partial => 'users/form', :locals => {:user => #officer.user} %>
<%= render :partial => 'addresses/form', :locals => {:address => #officer.address} %>
<div class="actions">
<%= f.submit %>
</div>
<% end %>
This is my users\_form.html.erb file:
<%= form_for(user) do |f| %>
<% if user.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(user.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this user from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% user.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>
<li><%= message %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<%= f.fields_for :user do |user_fields| %>
<div class="field">
<%= user_fields.label :last_name %>
<%= user_fields.text_field :last_name %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= user_fields.label :first_name %>
<%= user_fields.text_field :first_name %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= user_fields.label :middle_name %>
<%= user_fields.text_field :middle_name %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= user_fields.label :gender %>
<%= user_fields.select(:gender, User.genders.keys) %>
</div>
<% end %>
<!--div class="actions"-->
<!--%= f.submit %-->
<!--/div-->
<% end %>
Same reasoning as for User code applies to Addresses code, so I'll omit here for shortness.
This is my officers_controller file:
class OfficersController < BaseController
before_action :set_officer, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
# GET /officers
# GET /officers.json
def index
#officers = Officer.all
end
# GET /officers/1
# GET /officers/1.json
def show
end
# GET /officers/new
def new
#officer = Officer.new
end
# GET /officers/1/edit
def edit
end
# POST /officers
# POST /officers.json
def create
#officer = Officer.new(officer_params)
respond_to do |format|
if #officer.save
format.html { redirect_to #officer, notice: 'Officer was successfully created.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: #officer }
else
format.html { render :new }
format.json { render json: #officer.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# PATCH/PUT /officers/1
# PATCH/PUT /officers/1.json
def update
respond_to do |format|
if #officer.update(officer_params)
format.html { redirect_to #officer, notice: 'Officer was successfully updated.' }
format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: #officer }
else
format.html { render :edit }
format.json { render json: #officer.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
end
end
end
# DELETE /officers/1
# DELETE /officers/1.json
def destroy
#officer.destroy
respond_to do |format|
format.html { redirect_to officers_url, notice: 'Officer was successfully destroyed.' }
format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
private
# Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
def set_officer
#officer = Officer.find(params[:id])
end
# Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
def officer_params
#params.fetch(:officer, {})
params.require(:officer).permit!
end
end
Now if I go to http://localhost:3000/officers/new, the parts included in both the users and addresses forms are shown, but when I press the Create officer button nothing happens. Where is the error?
class Officer < ApplicationRecord
belongs_to :manager#, inverse_of: :officer
has_many :customers#, inverse_of: :officer
has_one :user, as: :userable, dependent: :destroy
has_one :address, as: :addressable, dependent: :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :user, :address
end
class Manager < ApplicationRecord
has_many :officers#, inverse_of: :manager
has_one :user, as: :userable, dependent: :destroy
has_one :address, as: :addressable, dependent: :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :user, :address
end
class User < ApplicationRecord
enum gender: { female: 0, male: 1, undefined: 2 }
# Include default devise modules. Others available are:
# :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
:recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
belongs_to :userable, polymorphic: true
end
Thanks,
FZ

Answer 1

You have not set user_attributes in your officer_params, do this:
def officer_params
#params.fetch(:officer, {})
params.require(:officer).permit(:id, user_attributes: [:id, :last_name, :middle_name, :first_name, :gender, :_destroy])
end
And also change accepts_nested_attributes_for :user, :address
to
'accepts_nested_attributes_for :user, reject_if: :all_blank, allow_destroy: true
accepts_nested_attributes_for :address, reject_if: :all_blank, allow_destroy: true'
And you need to address_attributes to your officer params aswell but since i don't know your database field i can't do that part for you but it's pretty much the same as the user_attributes but with different fields(except :id and :_destroy which are the same for all).
EDIT:
This is a nested form:
<%= form_for(officer) do |f %>
<%= f.fields_for :user do |user| %>
<%= user.text_field :last_name %>
<%= user.text_field :middle_name %>
<%= user.text_field :first_name %>
<% end %>
<%= f.fields_for :address do |address| %>
<%= address.text_field :street_name %>
<%= address.text_field :zip_code %>
<% end %>
<%= f.submit 'submit' %>
This way one submit button supplies for all the nested forms aswell.
What you have is this:
<%= form_for(officer) do |f %>
<%= form_for(user) do |f|
<%= f.fields_for :user do |user| %> // this (f) now stands for the user form instead of the officer form
<%= user.text_field :last_name %>
<%= user.text_field :middle_name %>
<%= user.text_field :first_name %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
<%= form_for(address) do |f| %>
<%= f.fields_for :address do |address| %> // same for this one
<%= address.text_field :street_name %>
<%= address.text_field :zip_code %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
<%= f.submit 'submit' %>
Now you don't have a nested form, you just have 3 different full forms and you can't submit multiple forms with one submit button this way.