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author | Gonçalo Silva <goncalossilva@gmail.com> | 2011-03-24 17:21:17 +0000 |
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committer | Gonçalo Silva <goncalossilva@gmail.com> | 2011-03-24 17:21:17 +0000 |
commit | 9887f238871bb2dd73de6ce8855615bcc5d8d079 (patch) | |
tree | 74fa9ff9524a51701cfa23f708b3f777c65b7fe5 /railties/guides/source/nested_model_forms.textile | |
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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/nested_model_forms.textile b/railties/guides/source/nested_model_forms.textile index 39b0c32f24..55694c0eb4 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/nested_model_forms.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/nested_model_forms.textile @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ h2. Rails nested model forms -Creating a form for a model _and_ its associations can become quite tedious. Therefor Rails provides helpers to assist in dealing with the complexities of generating these forms _and_ the required CRUD operations to create, update, and destroy associations. +Creating a form for a model _and_ its associations can become quite tedious. Therefore Rails provides helpers to assist in dealing with the complexities of generating these forms _and_ the required CRUD operations to create, update, and destroy associations. In this guide you will: @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Person def address Address.new end - + def address_attributes=(attributes) # ... end @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Person def projects [Project.new, Project.new] end - + def projects_attributes=(attributes) # ... end @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class PeopleController < ActionController:Base @person.built_address 2.times { @person.projects.build } end - + def create @person = Person.new(params[:person]) if @person.save @@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Now add a nested form for the +address+ association: <erb> <%= form_for @person do |f| %> <%= f.text_field :name %> - + <%= f.fields_for :address do |af| %> <%= f.text_field :street %> <% end %> @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ This generates: <html> <form action="/people" class="new_person" id="new_person" method="post"> <input id="person_name" name="person[name]" size="30" type="text" /> - + <input id="person_address_attributes_street" name="person[address_attributes][street]" size="30" type="text" /> </form> </html> @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ The form code for an association collection is pretty similar to that of a singl <erb> <%= form_for @person do |f| %> <%= f.text_field :name %> - + <%= f.fields_for :projects do |pf| %> <%= f.text_field :name %> <% end %> @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Which generates: <html> <form action="/people" class="new_person" id="new_person" method="post"> <input id="person_name" name="person[name]" size="30" type="text" /> - + <input id="person_projects_attributes_0_name" name="person[projects_attributes][0][name]" size="30" type="text" /> <input id="person_projects_attributes_1_name" name="person[projects_attributes][1][name]" size="30" type="text" /> </form> @@ -219,4 +219,4 @@ You can basically see the +projects_attributes+ hash as an array of attribute ha NOTE: The reason that +fields_for+ constructed a form which would result in a hash instead of an array is that it won't work for any forms nested deeper than one level deep. -TIP: You _can_ however pass an array to the writer method generated by +accepts_nested_attributes_for+ if you're using plain Ruby or some other API access. See (TODO) for more info and example.
\ No newline at end of file +TIP: You _can_ however pass an array to the writer method generated by +accepts_nested_attributes_for+ if you're using plain Ruby or some other API access. See (TODO) for more info and example. |