I thought I had this fixed, but apparently not. It works okay from the console, but not from the view. I have the following:
# partial schema create_table "users", :force => true do |t| t.string "login", :null => false t.string "first_name" t.string "last_name" t.string "email", :null => false t.string "password", :null => false t.integer "contact_id" t.datetime "created_at" t.datetime "updated_at" end create_table "contacts", :force => true do |t| t.string "company_name" t.integer "address_id" t.integer "phone_areacode", :limit => 3 t.integer "phone_prefix", :limit => 3 t.integer "phone_suffix", :limit => 4 t.integer "phone_extension", :limit => 5 t.string "website" t.integer "biztype_id" t.datetime "created_at" t.datetime "updated_at" end create_table "addresses", :force => true do |t| t.string "street_address1" t.string "street_address2" t.string "city" t.integer "state_id" t.integer "zipcode" t.integer "plus4" t.datetime "created_at" t.datetime "updated_at" end
# relevant models class User < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :contact has_many :properties has_many :notes, :through => :properties
accepts_nested_attributes_for :contact, { :allow_destroy => true, :reject_if => :all_blank } end class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :user belongs_to :address belongs_to :biztype accepts_nested_attributes_for :address, { :allow_destroy => true, :reject_if => :all_blank } end class Address < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :contact has_one :property belongs_to :state end
# controller def new @user = User.new @user.build_contact.build_address
respond_to do |format| format.html # new.html.erb format.xml { render :xml => @user } end end def edit @user = User.find(params[:id]) end
When I run on the console, I can create a new user object with nested attributes like so:
>> user=User.new => #<User id: nil, login: nil, first_name: nil, last_name: nil, email: nil, password: nil, contact_id: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil> >> user.build_contact.build_address => #<Address id: nil, street_address1: nil, street_address2: nil, city: nil, state_id: nil, zipcode: nil, plus4: nil, created_at: nil, updated_at: nil> >> user.login, user.password, user.email = 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' => ["foo", "bar", "baz"] >> user.contact.company_name, user.contact.address.city = 'foobar', 'foobaz' => ["foobar", "foobaz"] >> user.save => true >> p user, user.contact, user.contact.address #<User id: 4, login: "foo", first_name: nil, last_name: nil, email: "baz", password: "bar", contact_id: 2, created_at: "2009-11-06 02:33:41", updated_at: "2009-11-06 02:33:41"> #<Contact id: 2, company_name: "foobar", address_id: 3, phone_areacode: nil, phone_prefix: nil, phone_suffix: nil, phone_extension: nil, website: nil, biztype_id: nil, created_at: "2009-11-06 02:33:41", updated_at: "2009-11-06 02:33:41"> #<Address id: 3, street_address1: nil, street_address2: nil, city: "foobaz", state_id: nil, zipcode: nil, plus4: nil, created_at: "2009-11-06 02:33:41", updated_at: "2009-11-06 02:35:09"> => nil
As you can see, it appears to work fine, but the following views for new.html.erb and edit.html.erb don't:
<h1>New account</h1>
<% form_for(@user) do |f| %> <%= f.error_messages %>
<p> <%= f.label :login %>: <%= f.text_field :login %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :first_name %>: <%= f.text_field :first_name %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :last_name %>: <%= f.text_field :last_name %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :email %>: <%= f.text_field :email %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :password %>: <%= f.password_field :password %> </p> <% fields_for(@contact) do |f| %> <%= f.error_messages %> <p> <%= f.label :company_name %>: <%= f.text_field :company_name %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :Type_of_Organization %>: <%= f.text_field :biztype_id %> </p> <% fields_for(@address) do |f| %> <%= f.error_messages %> <p> <%= f.label :street_address1 %>: <%= f.text_field :street_address1 %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :street_address2 %>: <%= f.text_field :street_address2 %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :city %>: <%= f.text_field :city %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :state_id %>: <%= f.text_field :state_id, :maxlength=>2 %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :zipcode %>: <%= f.text_field :zipcode, :maxlength=>5 %>-<%= f.text_field :plus4, :maxlength=>4 %> </p> <% end %> <p> <%= f.label :phone %>: (<%= f.text_field :phone_areacode, :maxlength=>3 %>) <%= f.text_field :phone_prefix, :maxlength=>3 %>-<%= f.text_field :phone_suffix, :maxlength=>4 %> Ext. <%= f.text_field :phone_extension, :maxlength=>5 %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :website %>: <%= f.text_field :website %> </p> <% end %>
<p> <%= f.submit 'Create' %> </p> <% end %>
<%= link_to 'Back', accounts_path %>
The view doesn't create the additional table entries, nor does it allow me to edit anything but the unjoined data (e.g. @users, not @users.contact). Obviously I'm still missing something important here. I want to be able to both populate *and* edit this content from similarly-nested views.
Why does this work from the console, but not from within the web app itself?
