I think your form_for method needs to look like this:
form_for :book, @book, :url => { :action => create } do |form|
On Feb 22, 2007, at 10:05 AM, Kevin Burk wrote:
I'm still having problems with forms to create new objects.The model is this: I have an AUTHORS table and a BOOKS table. I want a form where I can log in and create new BOOKS. Each BOOK has a foreign key of "author_id" which lives in the BOOKS table, but is connected in the models to the AUTHORS table.When I create a static scaffold for the BOOKS to create a new BOOK, the "author_id" field does not show up in the scaffold form. Obviously, I need to be able to specify the author of the book or there's not much point in creating the book.I've tried manually editing the code and adding in an "author_id" form field but it never displays.I've tried scrapping the whole scaffold form and under the "New" view/action, creating a form using<% form_for :book, :url => { :action => :create} do |form| %><p> Author ID: <%= form.text_field :author_id, :size => 4 % ></p><p> Title: <%= form.text_field :title, :size => 30 %></p><p> Description: <%= form.text_area :description, :rows=> 4 %></p><p><%= submit_tag %> </p> <% end %> as detailed in AWDR2. This doesn't work. I get error messages saying "undefined method 'title' ". IF I change the first line of code to: <% form_for :books, :url => { :action => :create} do |form| %> (:books, not :book) The form displays correctly, but the new records aren't created.Where's the disconnect here? Apparently, Rails doesn't like having a foreign key constraint placed on the "author_id" field in the Books table. Is this just because of the _id part of the field name?Thanks for your help. Kevin Burk -- *************************************** BURK DESIGN GROUP http://www.BurkDesignGroup.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 6161 El Cajon Blvd #306 San Diego, CA 92115 PHONE (619) 583-2311 FAX (619) 583-5801 *************************************** _______________________________________________ Sdruby mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sdruby.com/mailman/listinfo/sdruby
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