I have a building a very simple app with which to learn Rails where a user can create as many CVs (resumes) as they wish.
For now I have:
ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 4) do
create_table "cvs", :force => true do |t| t.column "uni", :string t.column "class", :string t.column "degree", :string t.column "user_id", :integer end
create_table "users", :force => true do |t| t.column "first_name", :string t.column "last_name", :string end
end
In the 'cv' model I have:
class Cv < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :user end
in the 'user' model I have:
class User < ActiveRecord::Base has_many :cvs end
I've added my controller code at the end of the message in case that helps.
When I come to code the view for creating a new cv I want the new CV that is created to have the 'user_id' as the foreign key. But I just cannot work out what code to write.
I have been trying even to get the user's name to appear in the createcv view but failed:
<h1><%= params[:action].capitalize %> CV</h1>
This is <%= @user.user.first_name %>
<%= start_form_tag :action => 'create' %> <b>Enter your degree title</b><br /> <%= text_field ('cv', 'degree') %><br /> <b>Enter expected/achieved class</b><br /> <%= text_field ('cv', 'class') %><br /> <b>Enter institution name</b><br /> <%= text_field ('cv', 'uni') %><br />
<%= submit_tag 'Save' %>
<%= end_form_tag %>
I guess I am just confused by routing.
I know this is incredibly simple and yet I have been through the 4 books I have, all of them on Ruby and Rails ;-), various online tutorials and yet somehow I just cannot work out how to do this.
If someone could explain it to my like I was 5 then maybe I'd get it.
Thanks
Ambrose
cv-controller
