As a follow up, Using accepts_nested_attributes for, I was able to bypass this problem as I can take either :name of :name_attributes.
On Sunday, November 9, 2014 8:44:05 PM UTC-6, Patrick Blesi wrote: > > > Currently strong_parameters do not allow you to overload keys in permitted > parameters. I am proposing a change that allows you to accept scalar > values, arrays, or a hash of parameters for a particular permitted key, > instead of exclusively one of the three. > > This is allowed by passing an array with multiple of the same key with > different values. For example: `user: [:name, {:name => []}, {:name => > [:first, :middle]}]`. > > The particular case that this addresses for me is that I have a > polymorphic object whose attributes can either be a scalar value or another > rails model. This solution allows me to provide one permitted parameters > hash to accept all possible types of the polymorphic object without having > to condition on the parameters themselves. > > You can take a look at the code I have written to solve this problem here: > > https://github.com/pblesi/rails/commit/1ce634e9990b9b5397b7e5e6aa265ed0410379fc > > I appreciate any feedback on the proposed solution. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.