Models associations are
document.rb
has_many :sections
accepts_nested_attributes_for :sections, :allow_destroy => :true, :reject_if => proc { |attrs| attrs.all? { |k, v| v.blank? } }
section.rb
belongs_to :document
has_many :paragraphs, :dependent => :destroy
has_many :contents :through => :paragraphs
validates :user_id, :presence => { :message => "Must be filled" }
paragraph.rb
attr_accessible :user_id, :section_id, :content_id
belongs_to :section
belongs_to :content
validates :user_id, :section, :content, :presence => { :message => "Must be filled" }
paragraphs table just like a intermediate table for sections and contents and I want to save records in documents, sections and paragraphs table using single submission.
So I designed form as like
_form.html.erb
<%= form_for #document, :validate => true do |f| %>
<%= f.error_messages %>
<%= f.text_field :name %>
<% f.fields_for :sections do |builder| %>
<%= builder.text_field :name %>
<%= builder.select :content_ids .... {:multiple => true} %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
example parameters when submiting the form
{"document"=>{"name"=>"sdf", "sections_attributes"=>{"0"=>{"name"=>"sdf", "description"=>"sdf", "_destroy"=>"0", "content_ids" => ["1", "2"]}}, "commit"=>"Update Document", "id"=>"3"}
In additionally, I am updating current_user's id to user_id column of paragraphs table.
update
#document = Document.find(params[:id])
#document.attributes = params[:document]
#document.sections.each {|section|
section.user_id = current_user.id
section.paragraphs.each {|paragraph| paragraph.user_id = current_user.id}
}
if #document.save!
# success
else
render :action => 'edit'
end
I got "Validation failed: User Must be filled".
Is validation triggered when assigning attributes using object.attributes= as above
How to assign the value to user_id in paragraph object before calling save method
Might help.
<%= f.hidden_field :user_id, value: current_user.id %>
I cleaned up my code, it looks much nicer now, but still doesn’t work. It starts to be a pain…
I just can’t save a parent with an existing child in nested form with parent has_many childs :through joinmodel.
In my case a Project has_many contributing Teachers and many contributing Pupils, both are Join-Models to Users. A Project has_many Schools as well.
(May be I should better name the models Teacherize and Pupilize or ProjectTeacher and ProjectPupil.)
As long as all records are new it all works fine. As soon as I want to connect an existing User as new Teacher of a new Project I get the following error:
Couldn't find User with ID=1 for Teacher with ID=
(1 is the correct user ID)
The problem should be somewhere her in my helper to setup empty form fields:
At least I guess so...
module ProjectsHelper
def setup_project(project)
if project.teachers.length <= 0 # usually there is just one teacher, so add one if there isn't one
teacher = project.teachers.build(:role_in_project => 'master')
if user_signed_in?
#teacher = project.teachers.new(:role_in_project => 'master', :user => current_user)
teacher.user = current_user # associate first teacher with current_user
else
#teacher = project.teachers.build
teacher.user = User.new # associate first teacher with a new user instance
end
end
if project.project_schools.length <= 0 # usually there is just one school, so add one if there isn't one
project_school = project.project_schools.build
project_school.school = School.new
end
if project.pupils.length < 3 # There can be up to 3 people, so add a blank fieldset as long as there are less than 3
pupil = project.pupils.build
pupil.user = User.new
end
project
end
end
These are my params received:
{"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"uCCMk/s3SpDfR7+fXcsCOHPvfvivBQv8pVFVhdh6iro=",
"project"=>{
"teachers_attributes"=>{
"0"=>{
"id"=>"",
"user_attributes"=>{
"id"=>"1",
"gender"=>"male",
"title"=>"",
"firstname"=>"Firstname1",
"name"=>"Lastname1",
"faculty"=>"",
"fon"=>"",
"fax"=>""}
}
},
"id"=>"",
"title"=>"First Project",
"description"=>"This is a foo bar project!",
"presentation_type"=>"experimentell",
"note"=>""
},
"commit"=>"Register Project",
"action"=>"create",
"controller"=>"projects"
}
The case isn’t too abstract; it has to be possible to achieve it.
It’s just to connect a new parent record with an existing child record!
In this article, which is very good, exactly the case is explaint:
http://rubysource.com/complex-rails-forms-with-nested-attributes
# app/helpers/form_helper
module FormHelper
def setup_user(user)
user.address ||= Address.new
(Interest.all - user.interests).each do |interest|
user.interest_users.build(:interest => interest)
end
user.interest_users.sort_by! {|x| x.interest.name }
user/tmp/clean-controllers.md.html
end
end
There the interest is existing and gets connected through a new record in interest_uesers.
Why do I get the error when trying to do the same thing?
project.teachers.build(:user => current_user)
I studied several articles and casts, but none of them connect existing childs.
http://railscasts.com/episodes/196-nested-model-form-revised
http://apidock.com/rails/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper/fields_for
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/NestedAttributes/ClassMethods.html
Rails 3.1+ Nested Forms Issue: Can't mass-assign protected attributes
Trying to use accepts_nested_attributes_for and has_and_belongs_to_many but the join table is not being populated
Quote: “accepts_nested_fields_for is used to create and modify related objects in a form. It can be used to populate join table, which is kind of what you're trying to do. However, using accepts_nested_fields_for to populate the join table is impossible with a HABTM relationship.”
That’s what I wanna do! Populate the join table!
It starts to be frustrating and I’d be glad to get some help!
My Models
class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :title, :description, :presentation_type, :note,
:project_schools_attributes, :schools_attributes, :teachers_attributes, :pupils_attributes,
:users_attributes
validates_presence_of :title
validates_presence_of :description
validates_presence_of :presentation_type
has_many :project_schools, :dependent => :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :project_schools
has_many :schools, :through => :project_schools
#accepts_nested_attributes_for :schools, :reject_if => :all_blank
has_many :pupils, :dependent => :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :pupils, :reject_if => :all_blank
has_many :users, :through => :pupils
has_many :teachers, :dependent => :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :teachers, :reject_if => :all_blank
has_many :users, :through => :teachers
#accepts_nested_attributes_for :users, :reject_if => :all_blank
end
class ProjectSchool < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :role_in_project, :comment,
:school_attributes, :school_id, :project_id
belongs_to :school
accepts_nested_attributes_for :school
belongs_to :project
end
class School < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :email, :fax, :fon, :name, :place, :street, :type_of_school, :www, :zip
has_many :project_schools
has_many :projects, :through => :project_schools
has_many :users # in real live they are named teachers and pupils but in this case the association goes directly to a user_id, not to teacher/pupil model
validates_presence_of :name, :type_of_school, :street, :place, :zip, :fon
validates :email, :format => { :with => /\A([^#\s]+)#((?:[-a-z0-9]+\.)+[a-z]{2,})\Z/i, :on => :create }, :allow_blank => true
end
class Teacher < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :role_in_project, :user, :user_attributes, :project_id, :user_id
belongs_to :project
belongs_to :user
accepts_nested_attributes_for :user
serialize :role_in_project
end
class Pupil < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :classname, :user_attributes #, :project_id, :user_id
belongs_to :project
belongs_to :user
accepts_nested_attributes_for :user
end
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
serialize :roles
belongs_to :school
has_many :teachers
has_many :pupils
has_many :projects, :through => :teachers
has_many :projects, :through => :pupils
# Setup accessible (or protected) attributes for your model
attr_accessible :email, :gender, :firstname, :name, :street, :place, :title, :faculty, :assignment,
:classname, :zip, :fon, :fax, :school_id, :roles,
:password, :added_by_user_id, :password_confirmation, :remember_me
# Include default devise modules. Others available are:
# :token_authenticatable, :confirmable,
# :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
:recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable#, :validatable
after_initialize :init
def init
# the default guest user
self.roles ||= ['default'] #will set the default value only if it's nil
end
end
My controller
class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
require 'axlsx'
before_filter :load_page, only: [:show, :index, :destroy]
def new
#project = Project.new
end
def create
#project = Project.new(params[:project])
respond_to do |format|
if #project.save
sign_in(:user, #project.teachers[0].user) unless user_signed_in?
# TODO: send mail
# save as excel file in dropbox
save_in_dropbox(#project)
format.html { redirect_to #project, notice: t('project.was_created') }
else
logger.debug #project.errors.inspect
format.html { render action: "new" }
end
end
end
end
projects/_form.html.haml
%h1
= t('project.register_headline')
= simple_form_for( setup_project(#project), :html => {:class => 'form-horizontal'} )do |f|
= f.error_notification
#teachers-wrapper.well
%span.jumpanchor#lehrkraft_anchor
%fieldset.form-inputs
= f.simple_fields_for :teachers do |teacher|
= render "teacher_fields", :f => teacher
.school-wrapper.well
%span.jumpanchor#schule_anchor
%h2
Informationen zur Schule
%fieldset.form-inputs
= f.simple_fields_for :project_schools do |project_school|
= render "school_fields", :f => project_school
.project-wrapper.well
%span.jumpanchor#projekt_anchor
%h2
Informationen zum Projekt der Schüler
%fieldset.form-inputs
= f.hidden_field :id
= f.input :title, :input_html => { :class => 'span6' }
= f.input :description, :input_html => { :class => 'span6', rows: 5 }
= f.input :presentation_type, collection: ['theoretisch', 'experimentell'], as: :radio_buttons, :class => 'controls-row', :input_html => { :class => 'inline' }
.clearfix
= f.input :note, :input_html => { :class => 'span6', rows: 3 }
.pupils-wrapper.well
%span.jumpanchor#schuler_anchor
%fieldset.form-inputs
= f.simple_fields_for :pupils do |pupil|
= render "pupil_fields", :f => pupil
projects/_teacher_fields.html.haml
= f.simple_fields_for :user do |user|
=# render "teacher_user_fields", :f => user
%h2
Betreuende Lehrkraft
- if user_signed_in?
= user.input :email, :disabled => true, :input_html => {:class => 'email_validation'}
- else
= user.input :email, :autofocus => true, :input_html => {:class => 'email_validation'}, :hint => 'Dies muß Ihre eigene E-Mailadresse sein!'
.details
=# user.hidden_field :id
= user.input :id
= user.input :gender, collection: [:female, :male]
= user.input :title
= user.input :firstname
= user.input :name
= user.input :faculty
= user.input :fon
= user.input :fax
It is Rails 3.2 with Ruby 1.9.3
I've been getting the UnkownAttributeError for no particular reason, my models seem to be setup correctly...
School.rb
class School < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_protected :id, :created_at, :updated_at
#relationships
has_many :users
accepts_nested_attributes_for :users
end
My School model used to have the following, but it produced a MassAssignmentSecurity error for the user fields:
attr_accessible :country, :name, :state_or_province, :users_attributes
User.rb
class User < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me, :username, :instructor_id, :first_name, :last_name, :school_id
#relationships
belongs_to :school
end
new.html.haml
= simple_form_for #school do |f|
.well
= f.input :name, :as => :hidden
= f.input :country, :as => :hidden
= f.input :state_or_province, :as => :hidden
.well
= f.simple_fields_for #school.users.build do |user_form|
= user_form.input :first_name, :required => true
= user_form.input :last_name, :required => true
= user_form.input :username, :required => true
...
= f.button :submit, "Next"
Note: #school is being populated in my new action from session information gathered on the previous page, I'm making a multi-step form. The school data is perfectly valid, if I was to remove the user form it would have no trouble saving the school.
The specific error message I'm getting in my create action:
ActiveRecord::UnknownAttributeError in SchoolsController#create
unknown attribute: user
And the sent params looks a little like this:
{"school"=>{"name"=>"Elmwood Elementary", "country"=>"38",
"state_or_province"=>"448", "user"=>{"first_name"=>"joe",
"last_name"=>"asdas", "username"=>"asasdads",
"email"=>"asdasd#sdas.ca", "password"=>"[FILTERED]",
"password_confirmation"=>"[FILTERED]"}}, "commit"=>"Next"}
Is this maybe a bug with either Devise or simple_form? I'm using Rails 3.2.3
Ok, so apparently I needed to provide the symbol :users - the name of the relationship as my first argument for it to work.
when I visit 'company/new', then I get the following error:
undefined method `companies_path'
Extracted source (around line #1):
1: <%= form_for(#company) do |f| %>
But when I visit 'company/1/edit' (which uses the same form) everything works fine.
This is the company controller for 'new' and 'edit':
def new
#company = Company.new
end
def edit
#company = Company.find(params[:id])
end
And this is (part of) the form:
<%= form_for(#company) do |f| %>
<!-- Show errors -->
<%= render('layouts/form_errors', :object => #company) %>
I really don't understand the error message, because 'companies_path' is not being used in the code?
Update: here is the routes.rb:
get "users_dashboard/show"
get "login" => "sessions#new", :as => "login"
get "logout" => "sessions#destroy", :as => "logout"
resources :company
resources :relations
resources :activities
resources :contacts
resources :notes
resources :tasks
resources :users
resources :sessions
get "site/index"
get "site/features"
get "site/dashboard"
root :to => 'users_dashboard#show'
And here is the company model:
class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :users
has_many :relations
has_many :contacts, :through => :relations
has_many :notes, :through => :contacts
has_many :tasks, :through => :contacts
has_one :subscription
accepts_nested_attributes_for :subscription
attr_accessible :name, :address1, :address2, :zipcode, :city, :country, :email, :website, :telephone, :twitter, :linkedin, :code
validates :name, :address1, :zipcode, :city, :country, :code, presence: true
validates_length_of :code, :maximum => 3
end
You should change
resources :company
to
resources :companies
I'm getting a SQL error with this:
Model:
class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
belongs_to :entry
attr_accessible :body
validates :user_id, :presence => true
validates :entry_id, :presence => true
validates :body, :presence => true, :length => {:minimum => 10, :maximum => 5000} #spam/stupid protection
default_scope :order => 'comments.created at sec'
end
Controller
def show
#entry = Entry.find(params[:id])
#comments = #entry.comments.all
...
respond_to do |format|
format.html # show.html.erb
format.xml { render :xml => #entry }
end
end
The view is a simple:
<% if #entry.state > 2 %>
<section id="comments">
<% #comments.each do |comment| %>
...loop some stuff...
It looks like you want :order => 'comments.created_at desc', not sec.
And what exactly is the error you are receiving?
I think your error is from here:
default_scope :order => 'comments.created at sec'
Because comments.created at sec you can't have that field in DB