On Apr 2, 6:23 pm, dirtbug <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an update button that doesn't update. Watching the server > during the attempt, I see: > > Processing OrvesController#update (for 128.119.60.171 at 2010-04-02 > 13:13:29) [PUT] > Parameters: {"orf"=>nil, "commit"=>"Update", "id"=>"19544"} > > orf is my model I'm trying to update in the database. Why is it nil? > It's probably worth taking a look at the raw data posted by the browser - if it is malformed in some way that could be causing rails to parse it in a funny way. It probably doesn't help that your html is malformed (a td must be contained in a tr or similar, i'm pretty sure you can't stick a form in a table like that and the button_to will create a second form (ie you'll have a form nested in another form)
Fred > The view for the page with the update button is called edit.html.erb > and contains: > > <h1>Editing orf</h1> > <table> > <% form_for @orf do |f| %></td> > <td><%= f.error_messages %> > <td><%= h @orf.locus_tag %></td> > <td><%= f.text_field 'current_annotation', :size => 50 %></td> > <td><%= f.submit "Update" %></td> > <td><%= button_to "Undo last change", :action > => :undo_last_change, :id => @orf %></td> > <% end %> > > orf's attributes locus_tag and current_annotation are being correctly > displayed. > > Here's the update method: > > def update > @orf = Orf.find(params[:id]) > if @orf.update_attributes(params[:orf]) > flash[:notice] = 'Orf was successfully updated.' > redirect_to orf_path > else > flash[:notice] = 'Update failed.' > redirect_to orf_path > end > end > > routes.rb contains the line: > map.resources :orves > > No error message appears in the web browser. The update just doesn't > change anything. > > I'm running Rails 2.3.0. > > Any idea what I'm doing wrong? -- 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.
