On Oct 10, 9:26 pm, "Pardee, Roy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't suppose it's as simple as not calling the check_box helper from the
> form object you're getting out of fields_for is it? I would guess that's
> what would happen if you did...
>
Nope, it's a known complication of the way the check_box helper works:
it doesn't mix well with arrays.
either use check_box_tag (but lose the convenience of having 0
submitted when the check_box is unchecked) or use a hash rather than
an array.
Fred
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
> Of Danimal
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 7:30 PM
> To: Ruby on Rails: Talk
> Subject: [Rails] ajax complex forms: checkbox weirdness
>
> Hello!
>
> Question for you wizards...
>
> If you've used Ryan Bates tutorial on complex
> forms:http://railscasts.com/episodes/75... or better yet, the one from
> Advanced Rails Recipes... perhaps you can help me. I set up a complex form
> for an Account that has many Formats which works nearly the same as the ARR
> example of Project has_many Tasks. One thing that is breaking, though, is the
> use of checkboxes in the Formats partial.
>
> The problem is that when I add a partial, Rails puts the hidden checkbox with
> value "0" in there... but this then gets passed in as another attribute set,
> so my virtual attribute methods bomb. For example, if I have a Format that
> has: Name (string), Description
> (text) and Active (boolean), then when I submit the form, I should
> get:
>
> params[:account][:new_format_attribute] = [{:name => "foo", :description =>
> "bar", :active => "1"}]
>
> Instead, I get:
>
> params[:account][:new_format_attribute] = [{:name => "foo", :description =>
> "bar", :active => "1"}, {:active => "0"}]
>
> You see? It's adding the hidden value of active in as a separate attribute
> hash.
>
> Any ideas on how to skip this? Or should I just skip the Rails checkbox
> helper and code my own?
>
> Thanks for any tips!
>
> -Danimal
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