Try the new "accepts_nested_attributes_for" feature in rails 2.3 http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-nested-attributes
On Oct 14, 8:14 pm, Chris Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > I know there has to be a way to do this. Is there any way to edit a > model, and its has_many children in a single view? > > Example: > > class Metadata > has_many :metadata_entries > end > > If both Metadata and MetadataEntries have a 'label' attribute, what > would the view look like? > > Here is my best guess, but this doesn't work: > ------edit.html.erb---- > > <% form_for(@metadata) do |f| %> > <%= f.text_field :label %> > <p>try to marshal the data for each "metadata_entry" has_many > relationship</p> > <% @metadata.metadata_entries.each_with_index do |entry, index| %> > <p>this is obviously wrong, how do I index this??</p> > <input type="text" > name="metadata[metadata_entries][<%=index%>][label]" > value="<%=entry.label%>"/> > <% end %> > <%= f.submit 'Update' %> > <% end %> > > ------end edit.html.erb---- > > I'm running ruby 1.8.6/Rails 2.3.2. > > Thanks in advance for any and all pointers. > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
