Multi-model forms

Hi guys, I'm new to ruby and rails and I'm working on multi model forms, specifically 3. I'm using this Getting Started with Rails — Ruby on Rails Guides as a start, and its got a 2 Model example but I cant seem to get the last one working.

These are my models:

Country name:string code:string (has_one :address) Address address_line1:string address_line2:string city:string state:string country:references (belongs_to :country, has_one :guest) Guest name:string last_name:string gender:boolean vip:boolean address:references (belongs_to :address)

So basically what I want to do is insert a new guest through guests/ new and insert a row for each model, but the country is handled through a select_tag instead of inserting a new country.

This is the guest form, with the nested address form view: <% if @guest.address.nil? %>   <% @guest.build_address %> <% end %> <%= form_for(@guest) do |f| %>   <% if @guest.errors.any? %>     <div id="error_explanation">       <h2><%= pluralize(@guest.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this guest from being saved:</h2>

      <ul>       <% @guest.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>         <li><%= msg %></li>       <% end %>       </ul>     </div>   <% end %>

  <table>       <tr><td><%= f.label :name %></td></tr>       <tr>         <td><%= f.text_field :name, :class => 'textfield' %></td>       </tr>       <tr><td><%= f.label :last_name %></td></tr>       <tr>         <td><%= f.text_field :last_name, :class => 'textfield' %></td>       </tr>       <tr><td><%= f.label "Gender" %></td></tr>       <tr>         <td><%= f.radio_button(:gender, "true", :checked => 'checked') %><%= f.label(:gender, "M") %><%= f.radio_button(:gender, "false") %>< %= f.label(:gender, "F") %></td>       </tr>       <tr><td><%= f.label :identification, 'Identification:' %></td></

      <tr>         <td><%= f.text_field :identification, :class => 'textfield' %></td>       </tr>

    <%= render :partial => 'address/form',              :locals => {:form => f} %>

      <tr>         <td style="text-align: right; height: 60px; vertical-align: bottom;"><%= f.submit %></td>       </tr>   </table>

<% end %>

This is the nested address form (note select_tag is created with a map of country from the guests controller): <%= form.fields_for :address do |address_form| %>

<table>       <tr><td><%= address_form.label :address_line1, 'Address:' %></

</tr>

      <tr>         <td><%= address_form.text_field :address_line1, :class => 'textfield' %></td>       </tr>       <tr>         <td><%= address_form.text_field :address_line2, :class => 'textfield' %></td>       </tr>       <tr><td><%= address_form.label :city, 'City:' %></td></tr>       <tr>         <td><%= address_form.text_field :city, :class => 'textfield' %></td>       </tr>       <tr><td><%= address_form.label :state, 'State:' %></td></tr>       <tr>         <td><%= address_form.text_field :state, :class => 'textfield' %></td>       </tr>       <tr><td><%= address_form.label :postal_code, 'Postal Code:' %></

</tr>

      <tr>         <td><%= address_form.text_field :postal_code, :class => 'textfield' %></td>       </tr>       <tr>     <td><%= address_form.label :country %></td>       <td><%= address_form.select(:country, @countries.map {|u| [u.name,u.id]}) %></td>     </tr>   </table>   <% unless address_form.object.nil? || address_form.object.new_record? %>     <div class="field">       <%= address_form.label :_destroy, 'Remove:' %>       <%= address_form.check_box :_destroy %>     </div>   <% end %> <% end %>

Can you guys help me out with what i'm missing?

http://railscasts.com/episodes/196-nested-model-form-part-1 http://railscasts.com/episodes/197-nested-model-form-part-2

Thanks for the links. That tutorial is great, but it doesn't answer my question, I want to be able to select an option of the third model (country) and not insert a new country everytime a new guest is created.

oh i see you just want to use collection select to be able to choose a country, here , read about collection select

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormOptionsHelper.html

if you are still confused try using simple_form it has a country select plugin

https://github.com/plataformatec/simple_form

Thanks got it working :slight_smile: