Hello. I have come across a scenario where I need to save multiple records for multiple users on the same page.
User has_many :shifts Shift belongs_to :user
I need to show multiple shifts for each user on the same page and the administrator will just enter some values and click save.
Example: user1: <shift1_value> - <shift2_value> - <shift3_value> user2: <shift1_value> - <shift2_value> - <shift3_value> user3: <shift1_value> - <shift2_value> - <shift3_value> [save]
What's the best way to tackle this problem in rails?
This all depends on how you setup the form in your views. I suggest you create a spectific action, outside of the 7 crud actions, to handle the data that you get when you do this.
As for the form, I think the names of the elements should be
shifts[user_id] for the user_id shifts[shifts] for the 3 shift values
you'll receive a hash that looks like
shifts: [{ user_id: 1, shifts: [1,2,3] }, { user_id: 2, shifts: [1,2,3] }]
on the controller. good luck!