I have two tables in my database, Property and Address. I'm trying to create a view that will allow the user to enter data for the Property table and the Address table. I created a static scaffold based on the Property model and was able to tweak the form to add the address fields. I then modified the controller to insert the Address record in the database. This is working, and I end up with a new record in both tables. Here's my dilema. . .I need to be able to insert the id of the Address record into the addresses_id column of the Property record (addresses_id is the foreign key column in the Property table). How do I retrieve the id of the new Address record from the database (which is MySQL by the way) so I can add it to the Property before saving it to the database? Is there a better approach for dealing with related tables/models?
Thanks.
