Rails not displaying saving Model property using update_attributes - ruby-on-rails

Question

I have a Project model. I recently added project_name to that model. When I enter a name into the field and create a new Project however, it doesn't save the new attribute.
Projects Controller:
def create
if project.update_attributes(project_params)
flash[:success] = 'Project was successfully created'
redirect_to project_url(project)
else
render :new
end
end
def project_params
params.require(:project).permit(:description, :project_name, :customer_number, :sales_number, :sales_id, :customer_id, :discount, :date_wanted, :price,
items_attributes: [:id, :name, :unit, :quantity, :price, :_destroy])
end
Project Model:
include AASM
STEP_FORWARD_STATE = {
'quotes' => :proposal,
'proposals' => :ordered,
'orders' => :active,
'in_process' => :close
}
STEP_BACK_STATE = {
'proposals' => :quoted,
'orders' => :proposal,
'in_process' => :ordered,
'closed' => :active
}
belongs_to :customer
belongs_to :sales, class_name: 'User'
has_many :curtains, dependent: :destroy
has_many :versions, class_name: 'ProjectVersion', dependent: :destroy
has_many :tasks, dependent: :destroy
has_many :drape_tasks, class_name: 'DrapeTask', dependent: :destroy
has_many :trough_tasks, class_name: 'TroughTask', dependent: :destroy
has_many :items, dependent: :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :items, :allow_destroy => true
delegate :email, :first_name, :full_name, :city_address, :name_for_select,
:contry_address, :address_for_email, :phone_o,
to: :customer, prefix: true, :allow_nil => true
delegate :name_for_select, :address_for_email, :email, :city_address, :full_name, :rep_number, :first_title,
to: :sales, prefix: true, :allow_nil => true
validates :customer, :sales, presence: true
attr_accessor :update_event
Terminal Log During the action:
Started POST "/projects" for ::1 at 2016-06-08 15:54:57 -0400
Processing by ProjectsController#create as HTML
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"+vpCG6JPLLSBtntKhudPTopzq/MH0YlnjlfnFSsOVYnMfRY888LafcReDF41GIxb14q6DLdkbz/AwXEQi+iF4w==", "commit"=>"Create Project", "name"=>"TEST DAMMIT", "customer_autocomplete"=>"test#test.com", "project"=>{"customer_id"=>"1", "sales_id"=>"1", "discount"=>""}, "sales_autocomplete"=>"dzk#dzk", "description_autocomplete"=>"DID IT WORK"}
User Load (0.5ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."id" = $1 ORDER BY "users"."id" ASC LIMIT 1 [["id", 1]]
Profile Load (1.8ms) SELECT "profiles".* FROM "profiles" WHERE "profiles"."person_id" = $1 AND "profiles"."person_type" = $2 LIMIT 1 [["person_id", 1], ["person_type", "User"]]
Project Load (1.5ms) SELECT "projects".* FROM "projects" WHERE "projects"."id" IS NULL ORDER BY "projects"."id" ASC LIMIT 1
(0.2ms) BEGIN
Customer Load (0.5ms) SELECT "customers".* FROM "customers" WHERE "customers"."id" = $1 LIMIT 1 [["id", 1]]
Profile Load (1.2ms) SELECT "profiles".* FROM "profiles" WHERE "profiles"."person_id" = $1 AND "profiles"."person_type" = $2 LIMIT 1 [["person_id", 1], ["person_type", "Customer"]]
User Load (1.7ms) SELECT "users".* FROM "users" WHERE "users"."id" = $1 LIMIT 1 [["id", 1]]
CACHE (0.0ms) SELECT "profiles".* FROM "profiles" WHERE "profiles"."person_id" = $1 AND "profiles"."person_type" = $2 LIMIT 1 [["person_id", 1], ["person_type", "User"]]
SQL (0.8ms) INSERT INTO "projects" ("state", "sales_id", "customer_id", "created_at", "updated_at") VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5) RETURNING "id" [["state", "quotes"], ["sales_id", 1], ["customer_id", 1], ["created_at", "2016-06-08 19:54:57.746357"], ["updated_at", "2016-06-08 19:54:57.746357"]]
Item Load (0.2ms) SELECT "items".* FROM "items" WHERE "items"."project_id" = $1 [["project_id", 13]]
Curtain Load (0.2ms) SELECT "curtains".* FROM "curtains" WHERE "curtains"."project_id" = $1 [["project_id", 13]]
(1.2ms) COMMIT
Redirected to http://localhost:3000/projects/13
EDIT (June 9th):
Thanks for the help so far, #taryn-east .
(Also added my project_params above for clarification)
Here's the form I used for project_name:
.form-group
= label_tag 'name', 'Project Name', class: 'control-label'
.controls
= text_field_tag 'name', project.project_name, class: 'form-control', autocomplete: :off
For comparison, here's a form used for a working parameter of the model:
.form-group
= label_tag 'customer_autocomplete', 'Customer', class: 'control-label'
.controls
= text_field_tag 'customer_autocomplete', project.customer_name_for_select, class: 'form-control customer-autocomplete', autocomplete: :off
= f.hidden_field :customer_id
Clearly, f.hidden_field :[parameter] was missing. I added it to my project_name field, leaving it looking like so:
.form-group
= label_tag 'name', 'Project Name', class: 'control-label'
.controls
= text_field_tag 'name', project.project_name, class: 'form-control', autocomplete: :off
= f.hidden_field :project_name
Which now leaves us with a Terminal log of:
Started POST "/projects" for ::1 at 2016-06-09 12:11:42 -0400
Processing by ProjectsController#create as HTML
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"BqEZsyQK+uLoeWewYC6smeC6CX0EGLcZgUQlmAyjtLqOmAb3v+2pw6VJ0hoBnISkGegz3fCAMT4+UPMVh28l8Q==", "commit"=>"Create Project", "project_name"=>"TEST PLS DEALER", "project"=>{"project_name"=>"", "customer_id"=>"1", "sales_id"=>"1", "discount"=>"", "description"=>""}, "customer_autocomplete"=>"test#test.com", "sales_autocomplete"=>"dzk#dzk", "description_autocomplete"=>"WORK PLS ONE TIME EHHHH"}
This is promising, as adding
f.hidden_field :project_name
Add project_name to the Project hash passed in the Create action like so:
"project"=>{"project_name"=>"", "customer_id"=>"1", "sales_id"=>"1", "discount"=>"", "description"=>""}
However, you can see that the actual content of the parameter remains outside the field it is supposed to reside in. I did some digging and noticed the difference between my field and the previous working fields: the working ones had class: "[:parameter]-autocomplete" in them. I added the appropriate class to mine, and it still didn't work. Elsewhere in the app, there's a Coffeescript:
$(document).on 'focus', '.customer-autocomplete', ->
$(#).autocomplete
source: "/customers",
dataType: 'JSON',
minLength: 2,
select: (event, ui) ->
$('#project_customer_id').val ui.item.customer_id
$('#sales_autocomplete').val ui.item.sales_data
$('#project_sales_id').val ui.item.sales_id
$(document).on 'focus', '.sales-autocomplete', ->
$(#).autocomplete
source: "/sales",
dataType: 'JSON',
minLength: 2,
select: (event, ui) ->
$('#project_sales_id').val ui.item.sales_id
I'm not familiar with Coffeescript, but it seems like this is what's auto-completing the hidden fields with class: "[:parameter]-autocomplete". How do I replicate this for my added fields?
EDIT: (June 10th)
I took your advice and simplified the migrations (definitely a good call :) ) but it still seems to be uncooperative.
New Params:
def project_params
params.require(:project).permit(:description, :name, :customer_number, :sales_number, :sales_id, :customer_id, :discount, :date_wanted, :price,
items_attributes: [:id, :name, :unit, :quantity, :price, :_destroy])
end
New Form:
.form-group
= label_tag 'name', 'Project Name', class: 'control-label'
.controls
= text_field_tag 'name', project.name, class: 'form-control name-autocomplete', autocomplete: :off
= f.hidden_field :name
New Show:
Project Name:
= project.name
Terminal Log from attempt to make a Project with the above:
Started POST "/projects" for ::1 at 2016-06-10 10:30:30 -0400
Processing by ProjectsController#create as HTML
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"iMt4rowEbO1UGzjwfl1XkraTbktC+5+/MiNzYvU/uxAA8mfqF+M/zBkrjVof73+vT8FU67ZjGZiNN6XvfvMqWw==", "commit"=>"Create Project", "name"=>"TEST PROJECT NAME", "project"=>{"name"=>"", "customer_id"=>"1", "sales_id"=>"1", "discount"=>"", "description"=>""}, "customer_autocomplete"=>"test#test.com", "sales_autocomplete"=>"dzk#dzk", "description_autocomplete"=>"TEST PROJECT DESCRIPTION"}
I'm having the same issue with project.description as well, as you can see; is it possible the 'project' variable is defined somewhere else in the app that doesn't include these new params? It's not throwing a red screen at any point in the process, either. Thanks again for all the help so far #taryn :)

Answer 1

If you look at the output in the server window it shows you the problem:
"name"=>"TEST DAMMIT", "customer_autocomplete"=>"test#test.com",
"project"=>{"customer_id"=>"1", "sales_id"=>"1", "discount"=>""}
That name field isn't part of the project and thus won't get picked up as an attribute of project.
What you'd expect to see coming through from params would be this:
"customer_autocomplete"=>"test#test.com",
"project"=>{"name"=>"TEST DAMMIT", "customer_id"=>"1", "sales_id"=>"1", "discount"=>""}
This means that something is slightly wrong with your form. Check that your name fields is done the same way as the other project fields
Edit:
In your form, the attributes is named name:
text_field_tag 'name',
but in the rest of your code it's expecting the attribute to be named project_name
params.require(:project).permit(:description, :project_name
You have to actually name the field the same as what you use int he code :) eg
text_field_tag 'project_name',
though TBH I'd seriously recommend just calling it name (and rewriting the migrations etc) if you can because project.project_name is a bit redundant ;)