I created 2 tables called products and brands and created a join table called brands_products via migration.
In each of the models I wrote the corresponding has_and_belongs_to_many setting.
In a form if have the following code:
<%= form_for(#product) do |f| %>
<% if #product.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(#product.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this product from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% #product.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
<li><%= msg %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :name %><br />
<%= f.text_field :name %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :brand %><br />
<%= f.text_field (what to write?) %>
</div>
<div class="actions">
<%= f.submit %>
</div>
<% end %>
I don't know how to add a brand to a product intuitively, like the way Rails usually works...any thoughts?
You may want to look at accepts_nested_attributes_for. You'll also want to look at fields_for. Without seeing more of your data model, it's hard to give a detailed answer.
Generally, it would look something like:
<%- f.fields_for :brands do |m| -%>
<%= m.text_field :name %>
<%- end -%>
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In my app users can create a set of codes to used in marketing activities. Therefore I want a form in which a user can type the amount of codes he want to create and then the system should generate that many codes and save them to the database.
code.rb
class Code < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :form
attr_accessor :amount
end
_form.html.erb
<%= form_for [:customer, #code] do |f| %>
<% if #code.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(#code.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this code from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% #code.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>
<li><%= message %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :amount %><br>
<%= f.text_field :amount %>
</div>
<div class="actions">
<%= f.submit %>
</div>
<% end %>
What I want to do now is to tell the controller:
take :amount
create as many SecureRandom.hex(3) as :amount specifies
save all codes to database (column for the codes in the table is named "code")
However, I totally don't know how to achieve this...
I want to generate a dinamic field in my form on Rails. This is the code:
<%= form_for(#item) do |f| %>
<% if #item.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(#item.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this item from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% #item.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>
<li><%= message %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :vehicle %><br>
<%= f.text_field :vehicle %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :part %><br>
<%= f.text_field :part %>
</div>
<div class="actions">
<%= f.submit %>
</div>
<% end %>
My idea is put a script into the form where i can generate a field part dinamicaly with a button with a text like "add" for another part field. Any idea?? Thanks everyone.
I'm playing around with Form Helpers. I found some code from another SO question and thought it was pretty efficient at creating radio buttons with an elegant loop. Now that I've incorporated it, it doesn't save the data (e.g. the category value is not being saved to the project table)
Please see code below of _form.html.erb
<%= form_for(#project) do |f| %>
<% if #project.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(#project.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this project from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% #project.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>
<li><%= message %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :title %><br>
<%= f.text_field :title %>
</div>
<div class="form_row">
<label for="category">Category:</label>
<% [ 'checklist', 'process'].each do |category| %>
<br><%= radio_button_tag 'category', category, #category == category %>
<%= category.humanize %>
<% end %>
<br>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :description %><br>
<%= f.text_field :description %>
</div>
<div class="actions">
<%= f.submit %>
</div>
<% end %>
Your radio button parameter is being created outside of the project structure. If you look at params, you'll probably see
{:category => "your_category", :project => {...project params...}}
It is because you're using the radio_button_tag instead of the regular form helper. Try this instead:
f.radio_button :category, category, :checked => (#category == category)
Also, as Justin said, make sure :category is included in the project_params in your controller.
I have a simple app that allows users to create 'items'. On the _form, the only data that it asks for is 'content' and 'user_id', which is currently a number picker that assigns user_id to the item for ownership. But what I want to do is have the form assume that the user_id is the current user's ID (using Devise). That way other people can't assign 'items' to other users. Make sense? Here's the form.
_form.html.erb
<%= form_for(#item) do |f| %>
<% if #item.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(#item.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this item from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% #item.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
<li><%= msg %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :content %><br />
<%= f.text_field :content %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label :user_id %><br />
<%= f.number_field :user_id %>
</div>
<div class="actions">
<%= f.submit %>
</div>
<% end %>
You should be working with associations from the model.
example your Items model should have belongs_to :user
then your would just use the :user method not the user_id attribute.
But you really could make this much more simpler.
install simple_forms gem it will make your life easier.
gem "simple_form"
then
<%= simple_form_for(#item) do |f| %>
<%= f.input :content %>
<%= f.association :user %>
<%= f.button :submit %>
<% end %>
i am following this simple tutorial and i followed all the steps... but the browser simply doesn't show me anything i put inside the fields_for tag.
<%= form_for :activity, :url => activities_path do |f| %>
<% if #activity.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(#activity.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this activity from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% #activity.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
<li><%= msg %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label "Foto" %><br />
<%= f.text_field :photo %>
</div>
<div class="field">
<%= f.label "Foto per la home" %><br />
<%= f.text_field :photoHome %>
</div>
<% for info in #activity.infos %>
This is rendered<br>
<% fields_for "activity[info_attributes][]", info do |info_form| %>
This is not rendered<br>
<p>
Titolo: <%= info_form.text_field :title %>
</p>
<p>
Descrizione: <%= info_form.text_field :description %>
</p>
<% end %>
<% end %>
<p><%= submit_tag "Create activity" %></p>
<% end %>
The above code result is this:
What am i missing?
Rails is sometimes (well ok, often) a bit confusing in which helpers want a <% vs which helpers want <%=. Try
<%= fields_for "activity[info_attributes][]", info do |info_form| %>
The tutorial you're following doesn't, but that's from 2007, and in Rails 3 this was changed. Current documentation on fields_for is here.