I create the hash as mentioned in my preivious post and that is working as intended.
Thank you for your replies, that gave me the right direction! Sebastian On 29 Apr., 10:09, Sebastian <[email protected]> wrote: > Or is it better to create that @hash directly in the needed method, > like this: > > def create > @hash = REXML::Document.new xmlfile > title123 = params[:title] > pub = @hash > params = {:watchedfamily => {:Prio_No => pub, :title => > title123, :watchedmembers_attributes => pub}} > @watchedfamily = Watchedfamily.new(params[:watchedfamily]) > end > > Or put all the 'extract data from XML code' into a model and just call > the model where I need it? > > The problem is that I don't know exactly what I should put in a model > and what in a controller. > > Sebastian > > On 28 Apr., 17:20, Sebastian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes you were right! I was definitely on the wrong track! > > > The URL really helped to understand how to create nested active > > records. > > > I still have a big problem. I have two methods in my controller SHOW > > and SAVE. > > > In the show method I extract a lot of data from an XML into a hash > > variable. In the save method I want to store that variable in the > > database. The problem is that my @hash variable is only available in > > the first method. > > How can I access a variable from one method to another? Is session or > > flash a good idea for that, I don't need that data anymore after > > saving to db. > > > Simplified methods look like this: > > > class PatentController < ApplicationController > > def show #This method has more than 50 lines code in reality > > @hash = REXML::Document.new xmlfile > > end > > > def create > > title123 = params[:title] > > pub = @hash > > params = {:watchedfamily => {:Prio_No => pub, :title => > > title123, :watchedmembers_attributes => pub}} > > @watchedfamily = Watchedfamily.new(params[:watchedfamily]) > > end > > end > > > Cheers, > > Sebastian > > > On 28 Apr., 12:28, Pale Horse <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Sebastian wrote in post #995494: > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > I am still having the problem that the URI gets too large if I want to > > > > send to much data to the database. How can I avoid this? > > > > What do you mean by 'the URI gets too large'? If you are running Rails > > > 3, I suggest you read more on nested form attributes when dealing with > > > active record objects: > > > >http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveRecord/NestedAttributes/Clas... > > > > -- > > > 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.
