Rails - two forms on one page

Question

I have two forms on one view page. One of these is an update form. The other form is a single button that goes to the same controller action but does not actually update the form. Here is the first form:

<%= form_for [@project, @schedule] do |f| %>
    <%= f.fields_for :tasks do |builder| %>
        <%= render 'task_fields', :f => builder %>
    <% end %>
    <p><%= link_to_add_fields "Add task", f, :tasks %>
    <p><%= f.submit "Submit" %></p>
<% end %>

And here is the second form:

<%= form_tag project_schedule_path(@project, @schedule), method: "patch" do %>
         <div><%= hidden_field_tag :emp_accepts, true  %></div>
          <%= submit_tag "Accept schedule", class: "btn btn-large btn-primary" %>
<% end %>

The problem is the strong parameters. The strong parameters require :schedule, which only the first form provides. So when I try to use the second form, an error is returned. Here are the strong params:

def schedule_params
      params.require(:schedule).permit(:emp_accepts, 
        tasks_attributes: [:title, :content, :_destroy])    
end

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 26 '13 at 15:49

you should change the second form to

<%= form_for [@project, @schedule], http: { method: 'patch' } do |f| %>
  <div><%= f.hidden_field :emp_accepts, value: true %></div>
  <%= f.submit 'Accept schedule', class: 'btn btn-large btn-primary' %>
<% end %>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '13 at 15:55

0

It looks like you should really use different controller methods for each action. It would make it easy for you to make changes in the future.

answered Nov 26 '13 at 15:55

Gabriel

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