I am having some issues with nested models in a form, using Rails 3.1rc4.
I presently have models that look like this:
class Sale < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :customer_id, :vehicle_id, :sale_date
belongs_to :customer
accepts_nested_attributes_for :customer
end
and
class Customer < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :dealership_id, :first_name, :last_name, :address1, :email
belongs_to :dealership
has_many :sales
has_many :vehicles, :through => :sales
end
I've obviously truncated these slightly, but all the important info is there.
I am attempting to set up a sale form that will also allow me to create a new customer, hence the accepts_nested_attributes_for :customer line in the sale model.
My form view looks like (again truncated, only the important part):
<%= form_for @sale, :html => {:class => 'fullform'} do |f| %>
<%= f.error_messages %>
<%= field_set_tag 'Customer Details' do %>
<% f.fields_for :customer do |builder| %>
<%= builder.label :first_name %><br>
<%= builder.text_field :first_name %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
<% end %>
The problem I am having is that neither the text field nor the label for :first_name are showing up when the form is rendered - there is no error message, it just doesn't appear.
I should mention that I have tried both with and without @sale.customer.build in the new method of my controller, but it seems to have had no effect.
Thanks!
Can anyone suggest what I am doing wrong?
EDIT: For the avoidance of doubt, my sales controller's new method looks like:
def new
@sale = Sale.new
@sale.customer.build
end
