You need to add accepts_nested_attributes_for :user to your ContractRequest
model and then your style of referencing those fields in your form changes to
something like
<%= f.text_field("user[last_name]", class: "form-control", placeholder: "Last
name") %>
I think that should do the trick but read up on accepts_nested_attributes_for
cause it's a little tricky to get it right.
come to think of it on 2nd thought maybe it's
<%= f.text_field("user_attributes[last_name]", class: "form-control",
placeholder: "Last name") %>
-Jason
> On Nov 29, 2014, at 6:21 PM, bradford li <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> I am trying to create a form that updates 2 tables in my database. I'm not
> quite sure how to build this contact form quite yet. So my first short term
> goal is to simply update my `contact_requests` and `users` tables. I am
> aiming to do a `one to many` relationship between `users` and
> `contact_requests`. This allows one `user` to have many `contact_requests`. I
> am new to rails so I feel like there are gaps in my code and I am making some
> mistakes as well. Ideally, I will want to include a mailer in the form as
> well but one step at a time.
>
> I currently have a `user` table and a `contact_request` table:
>
>
> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qZtDF_xGMys/VHpT5tg4SMI/AAAAAAAAAGM/WB4j3-K3p08/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-11-29%2Bat%2B2.48.18%2BPM.png>
>
>
> `user_id` from the `contact_requests` table is a foreign key that references
> `users.id`
>
> Here is by current schema code:
>
> ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20141127114323) do
> create_table "contact_requests", force: true do |t|
> t.datetime "created_at", null: false
> t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
> t.string "message", null: false
> t.integer "user_id"
> end
>
> add_index "contact_requests", ["user_id"], name:
> "index_contact_requests_on_user_id", using: :btree
>
> create_table "users", force: true do |t|
> t.datetime "created_at", null: false
> t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
> t.string "first_name", null: false
> t.string "last_name", null: false
> t.string "email", null: false
> t.string "phone_number"
> end
> end
>
> Here are my models and controllers:
>
> class User < ActiveRecord::Base
> has_many :contact_requests
> # validate the presence of the attributes
> validates(:first_name, presence: true)
> validates(:last_name, presence: true)
> validates(:email, presence: true)
> end
>
> class ContactRequest < ActiveRecord::Base
> belongs_to :user
> validates :user_id, presence: true
> validates :message, presence: true, length: { maximum: 500 }
> end
>
> class ContactController < ApplicationController
> def new
> @user = User.new
> @contact_request = ContactRequest.new
> end
> end
>
>
> I am getting this error:
>
>
> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MRCqb9NOm6A/VHpTtDohT-I/AAAAAAAAAGE/hqgxKaH07bE/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-11-29%2Bat%2B2.34.29%2BPM.png>
>
>
>
> form:
>
> <%= form_for(:contact, remote: true, class: "contact-input") do |f| %>
> <div class="col-md-12">
> <div class="col-md-6">
> <div class="contact-input-margin form-group">
> <%= f.text_field(:user, :first_name, class: "form-control",
> placeholder: "First name")%>
> </div>
> <div class="contact-input-margin form-group">
> <%= f.text_field(:user, :last_name, class: "form-control",
> placeholder: "Last name") %>
> </div>
> <div class="contact-input-margin form-group">
> <%= f.email_field(:user, :email, class: "form-control",
> placeholder: "Email") %>
> </div>
> <div class="contact-input-margin form-group">
> <%= f.telephone_field(:user, :phone_number, class:
> "form-control", placeholder: "Phone number") %>
> </div>
> </div>
> <div class="contact-input-margin col-md-6">
> <div class="form-group">
> <%= f.text_area(:contact_request, :message, class:
> "form-control contact-margin", rows: "8", placeholder: "Message...") %>
> </div>
> </div>
> </div>
> <%= f.submit(class: "btn btn-xl") %>
> <% end %>
>
>
>
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