Question

I have an app that contains Posts with Comments.

class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :post
end

When I attempt to edit an existing comment, the form is blank.

comments_form.html.erb:

 <%= form_for([@post, @post.comments.build]) do |post_comment_form| %>
    <div class="field">
      <%= post_comment_form.label :commenter %><br />
      <%= post_comment_form.text_field :commenter %>
    </div>
    <div class="field">
      <%= post_comment_form.label :body %><br />
      <%= post_comment_form.text_area :body %>
    </div>
    <div class="actions">
      <%= post_comment_form.submit %>
    </div>
<% end %>

comments_controller.rb:

def edit
    @post = Post.find(params[:post_id])
    @comment = @post.comments.find(params[:id])
  end

  def create
    @post = Post.find(params[:post_id])
    @comment = @post.comments.create(params[:comment])
    redirect_to post_path(@post)
  end

  def update
    #@post = Post.find(params[:post_id])
    #@comment = @post.comments.find(params[:id])

    respond_to do |format|
      #if @post.comments.update_attributes(params[:comment])
          if @comment.update_attributes(params[:comment])
        format.html { redirect_to @comment, notice: 'Comment was successfully updated.' }
        format.json { head :no_content }
      else
        format.html { render action: "edit" }
        format.json { render json: @comment.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

How can I ensure data is shown in form when editing a comment?

Answer 1

Change your new action of to

def new
  @post = Post.new
  @comment = @post.comments.build
end 

and your edit action is as usual

def edit
  @post = Post.find(params[:post_id])
  @comment = @post.comments.find(params[:id])
end

The form builder should be like

 <%= form_for([@post, @comment]) do |post_comment_form| %>