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| author | Christine Yen <cyen@christineyen.com> | 2011-06-15 03:15:27 -0700 |
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| committer | Christine Yen <cyen@christineyen.com> | 2011-06-15 03:15:58 -0700 |
| commit | c6381657b7c9dbf38d2afad61c61ad000c190927 (patch) | |
| tree | 0431738b5376183fd8d6ff2721663ac2d9310370 /actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers | |
| parent | 6d965355244055e7bef995f1a263cb1cd2993e45 (diff) | |
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Clarify importance of *_attributes= writer methods for nested fields
Diffstat (limited to 'actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers')
| -rw-r--r-- | actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb index 7ed949504d..c1273e0f3d 100644 --- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb +++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb @@ -517,6 +517,18 @@ module ActionView # end # end # + # Note that the <tt>projects_attributes=</tt> writer method is in fact + # required for fields_for to correctly identify <tt>:projects</tt> as a + # collection, and the correct indices to be set in the form markup. + # + # When projects is already an association on Person you can use + # +accepts_nested_attributes_for+ to define the writer method for you: + # + # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base + # has_many :projects + # accepts_nested_attributes_for :projects + # end + # # This model can now be used with a nested fields_for. The block given to # the nested fields_for call will be repeated for each instance in the # collection: @@ -568,14 +580,6 @@ module ActionView # ... # <% end %> # - # When projects is already an association on Person you can use - # +accepts_nested_attributes_for+ to define the writer method for you: - # - # class Person < ActiveRecord::Base - # has_many :projects - # accepts_nested_attributes_for :projects - # end - # # If you want to destroy any of the associated models through the # form, you have to enable it first using the <tt>:allow_destroy</tt> # option for +accepts_nested_attributes_for+: |