Question

I am running into issues trying to separate a form from a view into a partial. I want to use the same form for the new and edit views. These are both on the same page. The new model form is at the top of the page and uses a variable that I set in the controller.

<%= form_for @new_hire do |f| %>
<%= render :partial => 'new_hire_requests/form', :locals => {:f => f} %>
<% end %>

I then have a partial for the pending approvals that gets rendered by another partial

<%= render :partial => 'pending_approval', :collection => @pending_approval %>

And inside the pending approval partial I have this

<%= form_for pending_approval do |f| %>
<%= render :partial => 'new_hire_requests/form', :locals => {:f => f} %>
<% end %>

This is throwing an error

undefined method `new_hire_request_path' for #<#<Class:0x0000010488ac98>:0x0000010223ffc0>

Is there a way to re use the form code for both a new and edit form on the same page?

Controller Logic

@new_hire = NewHireRequest.new
@new_hire_requests = current_user.new_hire_requests
@pending_approval = @new_hire_requests.select{|p| p.status == 'pending_hr_approval' || p.status == 'pending_exec_approval'}

Partial code

<%= render 'shared/error_messages', object: f.object %>

<fieldset class="first">
<%= f.label :first_name, "First Name" %>
<%= f.text_field :first_name %>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<%= f.label :last_name, "Last Name" %>
<%= f.text_field :last_name %>
</fieldset>
<%= f.submit "Submit for Approval <i class='icon-share-alt icon-white'></i>", 
        class: "button_green" %>

Answer 1

add resources new_hire_requests in the routes and get done with it .