simple thing but im not getting it -> params and @user

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Hey there, i have a simple conflict about trying to pass control from one controller to another, but remembering which controller called it.

ok, i have users. each user has_one :pref (prefs is stuff like phone, email, etc) each user also has_many :accounts so accounts and prefs belong_to :user

what i am trying to do is test if a prefs row has been created for the user, if not, there needs to be a notification to create this row for the user. I got that, and when i have the link_to go to the pref_controller.rb, it works and the form from the scaffold loads ( i point it to the new action ) when i hit submit though, it tells me that it cannot find the user without id.

i guess my question is, how do i pass the user info to the pref controller so that it knows to add the prefs record with the right user_id ?

same with the accounts.

thanks sk

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OK, each Site has_many :site_notes each Site has_one :farm_stat

each farm_stat belongs_to :site each site_note belongs_to :site

ok in my site view i have this

<%= if @site.farm_stat             link_to "edit stats", :controller => "farm_stats",                                 :action => "edit",                                 :id => @site.farm_stat         else             link_to "create stats", :controller => "farm_stats",                                     :action => "new",                                     :id => @site

        end %> &nbsp;&nbsp;

    <%= link_to "site notes", :controller => "site_notes",                               :action => "index",                               :id => @site %>

and i am wondering what to put in the scaffold of each to make sure that the Site is remembered when created as the owner / parent of that farm_stat or site_note

farm_stats are only one per site and contain stuff like what crop, location, so on site_notes i intend to be just a note taking app where the user can add notes (almost like the blog app from the 15 minute tutorial )

so, i don't know how to modify the code in my two scaffolds

thanks