Input new record into database using a form with the association belongs_to

Question

I’m relatively new to ruby on rails so bear with me. I'm trying to create an app where there are many Projects with specific Issues associated to each project. The following is my code:

My Models:

class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :project
end

class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :issues
has_and_belongs_to_many :users
validates :name, :description, :manager, presence: true
validates :name, uniqueness: true
end

My Controllers:

in project_controller.rb

def create
@project = Project.new(project_params)

respond_to do |format|
  if @project.save
    format.html { redirect_to @project, notice: "Project #{@project.name} was successfully created." }
    format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: @project }
  else
    format.html { render :new }
    format.json { render json: @project.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
  end
end
end

in issues_controller.rb

def create        
@issue = Issue.new(params[:issue])
project = Project.find(params[:project_id])


respond_to do |format|
  if @issue.save
    format.html { redirect_to root_path, notice: "A new Issue was successfully added to project #{project.name}." }
    format.json { render :show, status: :created, location: @issue }
  else
    format.html { render :new }
    format.json { render json: @issue.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
  end
end
end

My project index html file which is also my root url:

<tbody>
<% @projects.each do |project| %>
  <tr>
    <td><%= project.name %></td>
    <td><%= project.manager %></td>
    <td><%= project.description %></td>
    <td><%= project.created_at.strftime("%d %B %Y @ %H:%M") %></td>
    <td><%= button_to 'Report An Issue', new_issue_path(project_id: project) %>
    <td><%= link_to 'Show', project %></td>
    <td><%= link_to 'Edit', edit_project_path(project) %></td>
    <td><%= link_to 'Destroy', project, method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' } %></td>
  </tr>
<% end %>

My question is how am i supposed to define the create method in issues_controller.rb to open the new.html.erb form get input from user then save in database while being linked to the project the report an issue button referred to. Any answers, insights or additional links i can look at would be greatly appreciated.

_form.html.erb

    <%= form_for(@issue) do |f| %>
  <% if @issue.errors.any? %>
    <div id="error_explanation">
      <h2><%= pluralize(@issue.errors.count, "error") %> 
      prohibited this  issue from being saved:</h2>

      <ul>
      <% @issue.errors.full_messages.each do |message| %>
        <li><%= message %></li>
      <% end %>
      </ul>
    </div>
  <% end %>

  <fieldset>
  <legend><strong>Enter Issue Details</strong></legend>
  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :description %><br>
    <%= f.text_area :description %>
  </div>
  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :type %><br>
    <%= f.text_field :type %>
  </div>
  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :status %><br>
    <%= f.text_field :status %>
  </div>
  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :reporter %><br>
    <%= f.text_field :reporter %>
  </div>
  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :remarks %><br>
    <%= f.text_area :remarks %>
  </div>
  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :priority %><br>
    <%= f.text_field :priority %>
  </div>
  <div class="field">
    <%= f.label :assignedto %><br>
    <%= f.text_field :assignedto %>
  </div>
  <div class="actions">
    <%= f.submit %>
  </div>
  </fieldset>
  <% end %>

new.html.erb

<h1>New Issue</h1>

   <%= render 'form' %>

   <%= link_to 'Back', issues_path %>

I have to reinput the url /issues/new?project_id=15 manually for it to open the form page otherwise i get routing error and after submission it gives me Couldn't find Project with 'id'=

Ahmad Al-kheat · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-03T17:16:48.970

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You are on the right track, you have created an association, now you just need to reference the project in the create method like this :

def new 
  @project = Project.find params[:project_id]
  @issue = @project.issues.build 
end


def create  
  @project = Project.find(params[:project_id])      
  @issue = @project.issues.build(issue_params)
  ## rest of code
end

then in your _form.html.erb you should now have :

form_for [@project,@issue] 
   #rest of code

edited Mar 03 '15 at 17:16

answered Mar 03 '15 at 14:48

Ahmad Al-kheat

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Thank you ! i've read about the build method but didn't understand how it's used, now i'm getting a routing error, it says no route matches [POST] issues/new, i don't understand why it's trying to submit a post request to the new method, do i have to add something to my routes.rb? – Mais Mar 03 '15 at 16:28
Rails.application.routes.draw do resources :users resources :issues resources :projects root 'projects#index' end # for some reason when i refresh it works, it shows me the issues_new.html.erb however after submit i'm getting error that it couldn't find the project with id='' – Mais Mar 03 '15 at 16:46
you routes are fine, the problem must be in your forms, show your new.html.erb and the complete form that you are using to submit the issue. Paste the code to the original question please. – Ahmad Al-kheat Mar 03 '15 at 16:50

Input new record into database using a form with the association belongs_to

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