Can I use the "scaffold" command to have multiple objects on my page?

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I am familiar with how to use scaffold to generate a view where I can create an object. What I would like to do is have a view where I can create multiple of the same object, say five of them. How can I do that?

Thanks, - Dave

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laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:

I am familiar with how to use scaffold to generate a view where I can create an object. What I would like to do is have a view where I can create multiple of the same object, say five of them. How can I do that?

Write your own view. Have one form with separate fields for each of the five objects. So instead of model[field] you have model[1][field] through model[5][field]. Iterate through params[:model] in your create action to create multiple objects.

Jeremy

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Much obliged for this info. On the controller end, how would I get those objects from the params variable and save them? The object is called line_item and the two attributes are "item_number" and "comments".

Thanks again, - Dave