in new invitations try changing <%= check_box_tag 'user_ids[]', user.id %>
to <%= check_box_tag 'user_ids', user.id %> On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 1:46:28 PM UTC-7, Prkl8r wrote: > > I am trying to pass parameters from an "Events" controller, to an > "Invitations" controller and from the Invitations#new to the > Invitations#create views. I think I'm pretty close to getting this wrapped > up bit keep getting: "param is missing or the value is empty: " errors when > I run it. > > > In order to pass the event.id from the Event#show view I am doing the > following through the "Invite Guests" link. > > > events/show.html.erb > > <% @user.owned_events.each do |e| %><ul><li><%= e.name %> | <%= link_to > "Invite Guests", invitations_new_path(:event_select => e.id) %></li> > > > > That should pass the current event selected as event_select. > > I am then using that event id as well as all of the user ids(minus the > current_user) to create a list of possible invitees. > > > invitations_controller.rb: > > class InvitationsController < ApplicationController > helper_method :current_user > > def new@event_selected = Event.find(params[:event_select])@users = > User.where("id != ?", current_user.id )end > def create@invitation = Invitation.new(invite_params)end > > private > def invite_params > params.require(:attended_event_id => params[:event_selected], :attendee_id => > params[:user_ids].first ) > end > end > > > > My view showing the list of users and after selecting a checkbox, should > pass the event_selected and user_ids. > > > invitations/new.html.erb > > <h3>Invite users to <%= @event_selected.name %></h3> > <%= bootstrap_form_for Invitation.new do |f| %><br> > <ul> > <% @users.each do |user| %> > <li> > <%= hidden_field_tag :event_selected, @event_selected.id %> > <%= check_box_tag 'user_ids[]', user.id %> > <%= h user.name %> > </li> > <% end %> > </ul><br><%= submit_tag "Invite Selected Users" %><% end %> > > > I am trying to get this to work to select just a single user at a time > before moving to create multiple objects from the selected event combined > with all the results in the user_id array. When I select a single user I > keep getting the missing param error but looking at the hash, it seems like > everything is there. > > param is missing or the value is empty: {:attended_event_id=>"14", > :attendee_id=>"3"} > > Parameters: > > {"utf8"=>"✓", > > "authenticity_token"=>"GMMg9DwnTRAw4qP/ICqgACUB4d42Pl9Y7hrrNQzO38K8inbgyM00H2etrepjrT35hwIenHfwQPQW08V6QnHl1A==", > "event_selected"=>"14", > "user_ids"=>["3"], > "commit"=>"Invite Selected Users"} > > > Pretty new at this coding thing but this is the first problem I haven't > been able to solve through a lot stackoverflow searches. I seem to be > missing something here and I'm sure it's just a simple thing. Then again I > could be completely missing the mark trying to go about this without > following a bit more guided path... > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/93d20342-2a0a-49ee-99f9-61b280c7e86f%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.