Question

I’ve got two models: a quote model and a quote line model. I’d like to be able to allow the user to create a new quote and 10 quote lines using the same form (in the future, I would like to make this number flexible using ajax).

How do I use the form helper to allow me to do this. This is what I have so far:

  - for i in (1..10)
    %p
      = label :quote_line, :description
      = text_field :quote_line, :description
      = label :quote_line, :hours
      = text_field :quote_line, :hours

The problem is that the labels and text fields are named exactly the same and only the last set are coming through to the params array.

I thought about adding ‘i’ on to the end of the id and name attributes, but that doesn’t seem like a clean solution.

Answer 1

I believe you want a nested form:

http://archives.ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-nested-attributes

http://railscasts.com/episodes?utf8=%E2%9C%93&search=nested+forms