Question

i know that it is newbie question but i dont know the answer(

i need to set in my form params[:message][:reciever_id] how todo it?

my user model have

 has_many :sent_messages, :class_name => "Message", :foreign_key => "sender_id"
 has_many :received_messages, :class_name => "Message", :foreign_key => "receiver_id"

i was doing in my message form

 = f.hidden_field :receiver_id,:value => @user
 = f.hidden_field :sender_id, :value => current_user 

but it doesnt work. So how to do it?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Maybe:

= f.hidden_field :receiver_id, :value => @user.id
= f.hidden_field :sender_id, :value => current_user.id

But that’s not the way to do it, prefill the value in your controller (action new):

@message = Message.new(:receiver => receiver_user)

And in the create action:

@message = current_user.sent_messages.create(params[:message])