Question

I’m trying to create a Provider record when a user signs up using devise. I have set it up as per:
Devise: User belongs_to organization

however no provider is created. What could i be doing wrong?

User has_one Provider.
I modified my signup form:

<%= fields_for :provider do |provider_fields| %>
      <%= provider_fields.label :name, :label => 'Company Name' %>
      <%= provider_fields.text_field :name %>
 <% end %>

And my model

attr_accessible :email, :password, :password_confirmation, :remember_me, :first_name, :last_name,  :provider_attributes
    belongs_to :provider
     accepts_nested_attributes_for :provider

I can see in the rails s output:

 "provider"=>{"name"=>"kjhkjh"},

amongst the user attributes when i submit the form.

Answer 1

Ah ha! Self rescue. : )

Seems it’s necessary to create the provider model if its nil so the helper knows what to make (or something)

so I added this to the model:

 def provider
    super || build_provider
  end

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