Question

I have an object: @object
with tons of boolean fields.

now. according to the HTML spec, if a checkbox isn’t checked, the value isn’t sent.

Which is a problem… cause I need that information.

How do I get around that? the api for f.check_box suggests fields_for… http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html#M002298

but I couldn’t figure out the syntax for @object.is_admin

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currently, without changing anything: i have this:

<% form_for @object do |f| %>
        <td><%= f.check_box :allow_downloads, :label => false  %></td>
.
.
.

error : undefined methodto_i’ for #`

Answer 1

The problem was that my was accessing the wrong controller. I moved my form to a proper view (made more sense for usability, anyway) and it works.