Question

I have two databases in my app. One is Projects, that holds data on projects created in the app and another is User that I made when installing the Devise gem that holds the usernames and passwords of all the people that can use the app.

I have a page where the user can create a new project to be submitted into the database.

I am trying to get the :username field data of the current user from the User database to be submitted along with the data they enter to a new field called username_project.

<%= stylesheet_link_tag "form" %>


<%= form_for(@project) do |f| %>

<%= f.select( :username_project, User.all.map {|p| [p.:username]}) %>


<%= f.submit "Create New Project", :class => "button" %>


<% end %>

At the moment, there is a drop down that shows the Usernames stored in the database, but I am trying to get the <%= current_user.username %> value to be submitted as the username_project value, when the user hits submit. I am new to rails so go easy on me. Thanks in advance.

Update:

<%= stylesheet_link_tag "form" %>


    <%= form_for(@project) do |f| %>

<%= current_user.username %>
<%= f.hidden_field :username_project, :value => current_user.username %>

<%= f.submit "Create New Project", :class => "button" %>


    <% end %>

Answer 1

Use hidden_field helper:

<%= stylesheet_link_tag "form" %>

<%= form_for(@project) do |f| %>
  <%= f.hidden_field :username_project, :value => current_user.username %>
  <%= f.submit "Create New Project", :class => "button" %>
<% end %>