Hello everyone Just started to learn ROR.Does anyone have an idea on how to store fields in two tables using a single form? I wish to store the registration details in 'users' table and the langauges selected by the user in another table user_language with each row for one language selected(fields in the user_language table is user_id and language_id where user_id is the id of the user trying to register ie there may be more than one languages for a single user) My view is like the following <% form_for :user do |f| %> <tr> <td>Enter Name</td> <td>:</td> <td><%= f.text_field :name %> </tr> <tr> <td>Enter Username</td> <td>:</td> <td><%= f.text_field :username %> </tr> <tr> <td>Enter Password</td> <td>:</td> <td><%= f.password_field :password %> </tr> <tr> <td>Address</td> <td>:</td> <td><%= f.text_field :address %> </tr>
<tr> <td>Select Gender</td> <td>:</td> <td><%= radio_button("user", "gender", "1") %>Male <%= radio_button("user", "gender", "2") %>Female <%= radio_button("user", "gender", "3") %>Not Applicable </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Select Languages Known</td> <td>:</td> <td> <% for language in @languages %>
<%= language.language %> <%= check_box_tag("user_language[language_id]","#{language.id}") %> <% end %>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Select country </td> <td> :</td> <td> <select id="user[country_id]" name="user[country_id]"> <option value="">Select Country </option> <%= options_from_collection_for_select( Country.find(:all), "id", "name") %> </select> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Select State</td> <td>:</td> <td> <div id="state_list"> <%= select("user", "state_id", State.find(:all).collect{ |c| [ c.state, c.id] }, {:prompt => 'Select State'},{:onchange=>'display_msg();'}) %>
<%= observe_field("user[country_id]", :frequency => 0.50, :update => "user_state_id", :url => {:action => :load_states}, :with => "'country_id='+value") %> </div> </td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="3" align="center"> <%= f.submit "Register" ,{:onclick=>"display_msg(document.getElementById('user_name').value)" }%> <%= f.submit "List Users" %> </td> </tr> <% end %>
Controller contains def create @languages = Language.find(:all) if request.post? and params[:commit] == "Register" @user = User.new(params[:user])
@user.save @user.user_language = User_Language.new(params[:user_language]) redirect_to :action => 'list_users' end when trying an error occurs . Pls help!
