On Feb 9, 2009, at 9:43 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I should add that I feel that I have a reasonable mechanism for > identifying 'old' record ids vs. 'new' record ids. It works great > except for when the user uses the back button and resubmits the form. > So - perhaps what I really need is a mechanism for avoiding double- > submits. > > On Feb 9, 6:36 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I'm trying to create a form/view that displays a mix of records that >> exist in the database and records that the user is working on but >> that >> don't yet exist in the database. I want to leverage all of rails' >> nice >> form helpers, especially the params hash that it generates for the >> records when the form is submitted. So - I am creating 'dummy' >> records >> with fake ids to represent the new records that don't really exist in >> the database. >> >> I'm getting wrapped around the axle when I try and submit the form. I >> need to identify the pre-existing records and just save them back to >> the database with any modified data. For the new records, I need to >> create them fresh and then save them to the database. >> >> I've been trying all sorts of clever tricks to identify the new >> records based on their fake ids, but I keep running into >> difficulties. >> I'm wondering if there is a simple convention for handling this >> scenario that I am missing, or if this is just one of those scenarios >> that requires a lot of work to make it work properly. >> >> Any guidance would be appreciated. >> >> Yoram
Do your "fake" IDs all begin with something like 'new_'? -Rob Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsultingllc.com [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
