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diff --git a/guides/source/form_helpers.md b/guides/source/form_helpers.md index b8681d493a..3f16ebcf1d 100644 --- a/guides/source/form_helpers.md +++ b/guides/source/form_helpers.md @@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ Whenever Rails sees that the internal value of an option being generated matches TIP: The second argument to `options_for_select` must be exactly equal to the desired internal value. In particular if the value is the integer 2 you cannot pass "2" to `options_for_select` — you must pass 2. Be aware of values extracted from the `params` hash as they are all strings. -WARNING: when `:inlude_blank` or `:prompt:` are not present, `:include_blank` is forced true if the select attribute `required` is true, display `size` is one and `multiple` is not true. +WARNING: when `:include_blank` or `:prompt` are not present, `:include_blank` is forced true if the select attribute `required` is true, display `size` is one and `multiple` is not true. You can add arbitrary attributes to the options using hashes: @@ -906,7 +906,21 @@ If the associated object is already saved, `fields_for` autogenerates a hidden i ### The Controller -You do not need to write any specific controller code to use nested attributes. Create and update records as you would with a simple form. +As usual you need to +[whitelist the parameters](action_controller_overview.html#strong-parameters) in +the controller before you pass them to the model: + +```ruby +def create + @person = Person.new(person_params) + # ... +end + +private +def person_params + params.require(:person).permit(:name, addresses_attributes: [:id, :kind, :street]) +end +``` ### Removing Objects @@ -937,6 +951,16 @@ If the hash of attributes for an object contains the key `_destroy` with a value <% end %> ``` +Don't forget to update the whitelisted params in your controller to also include +the `_destroy` field: + +```ruby +def person_params + params.require(:person). + permit(:name, addresses_attributes: [:id, :kind, :street, :_destroy]) +end +``` + ### Preventing Empty Records It is often useful to ignore sets of fields that the user has not filled in. You can control this by passing a `:reject_if` proc to `accepts_nested_attributes_for`. This proc will be called with each hash of attributes submitted by the form. If the proc returns `false` then Active Record will not build an associated object for that hash. The example below only tries to build an address if the `kind` attribute is set. |