The account data must be in :user => {:account_attributes => {...}} if
you want auto save it.You can read about it in the documentation of ActiveRecord::NestedAttributes::ClassMethods (see fields_for in ActionView::Helpers::FormHelper too). Regards. Franco Catena. On Jul 1, 1:22 pm, Erwin <[email protected]> wrote: > I am using a nested form ( User has_one Account .. to hold profile > data) to UPDATE my user/account data > > User model > has_one :account > accepts_nested_attributes_for :account, :allow_destroy => true > > Account model > belongs_to :user > > ------- > my form seems to work fine, I can see in the console, the @user > attributes and the account attribute in the hash > .... "password"=>"", account"=>{"city"=>"", "zip"=>"", > "country"=>"BE", "street_address"=>"", ...}... > > when I debug in the console, > @user.attributes = params[:user] > @user.valid? => true # OK no errors > @user.attributes = params[:account] > @account.valid? => false # OK , name is blank... > > but if I debug my :edit action, > if @user.update_attributes(params[:user]) > I get true..... which seems to mean that the account errors are not > tracked ? according to the doc it should be false ... > > where am I wrong ? > > additional Question : when errors , how should I display the them > when they are related to the user.account > should I use �...@user and @account and : > error_message_on @account, :first_name, > > or only @user and > error_message_on @user.account, :first_name, > > thanks for your recommandations > > erwin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
