Thanks for the reply. I've now fixed the html (removed the table), but it didn't fix the problem. The edit view is: <h1>Editing orf</h1> <% form_for @orf do |f| %> <%= f.error_messages %> <%= h @orf.locus_tag %> <%= f.text_field 'current_annotation', :size => 50 %> <%= f.submit "Update" %> <%= button_to "Undo last change", :action => :undo_last_change, :id => @orf %> <% end %>
I'm not sure what you mean about taking a look at the raw data posted by the browser to see if it is malformed. I turned on Firebug and looked at what it was trying to do when I pressed my "Update" button and I don't see anything wrong. It shows: _method put commit Update orf[current_annotation] hypothetical proteinski That looks OK to me , but I don't really know what I should be looking for. I was trying to change the current_annotation from hypothetical protein to hypothetical proteinski, so it looks like it tried. But the change doesn't happen. Any suggestion of how to troubleshoot this further? On Apr 2, 4:56 pm, Frederick Cheung <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
