1 Form, 3 Models?

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I want to make a single form, but it will potentially create 3 new models. There are relationships between these models (belongs_to). I have also generated the sections with scaffolding and created form partials.

For example, I have a form for a Project (1). This project references a Manager (2) and Team (3). In this form, I would like for a user to be able to submit a project and either enter this information as new or lookup the info (autocompleter I can handle). On the "back-end" I would need to be able to save any new Manager and Team data and create the necessary relationships...

So my question is, what is the best way to leverage RoR to display and save these forms??

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The Handle Multiple Models in One Form extract from Advanced Rails Recipes is quite good.

Regards, Craig

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I think the complex forms series with Ryan Bates talks about this as well.

Ramon Tayag

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Thanks for the quick response!