I am in a pickle on the best way to do something and would appreciate some advice.
I have the following models:
class Plan < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :description, :name, :user_id
validates :name, :presence => true
end
class Planplace < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :plan_id, :planplace
validates :planplace, :presence => true
end
class Plandate < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :plan_id, :plandate
validates :plandate, :presence => true
end
A plan can have many plandates and planplaces. I have a contoller for each of these that do a very basic create.
class PlansController < ApplicationController
def create
@plan = Plan.new(params[:plan])
if @plan.save
flash[:success] = "Created ..."
else
flash[:alert] = "placeplace save error ..."
end
end
end
class PlanplacesController < ApplicationController
def create
@planplace = Planplace.new(params[:planplace])
if @planplace.save
flash[:success] = "Created ..."
else
flash[:alert] = "placeplace save error ..."
end
end
end
class PlandatesController < ApplicationController
def create
@plandate = Plandate.new(params[:plandate])
if @plandate.save
flash[:success] = "Created ..."
else
flash[:alert] = "plandate save error ..."
end
end
end
What I need to do is have one single view that creates a plan and allows several plandates and several planplaces to be saved using that plan.plan_id.
What is the best way of achieving this on a basic level (I will aim at doing ajax calls for saving without reloading but I am far off this, I am still trying to learn).
Do I place this within a single 'new' plan view?. I have played around with a form that uses fields_for to update more that one model within the same form but I would like to get a general idea of the best approach to take here before plodding on.
I know I need to make use of the has_many and belongs_to within the model but I am unsure the best way to do the complete save so the relationship is correct.
Hopefully I have explained this well. Any suggestions on the best approach is much appreciated.
(please be kind, I have only been learning Rails for a month now)
---Edit --- I have worked out the model here and how to pass the objects I need. I don't think I asked this question correctly since I was a little confused. Thanks for all who had a look at it.
