of course.. i post here and then I get it . I started getting angry and thrashing and put the @newsletter.sections.build in the wrong method. once i moved it, everything started working just fine.
thanks, C. On Oct 15, 12:13 am, Charles <rowe.char...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just did a large upgrade to to Rails 2.3.4 and I am trying to make > use of the more modern view features. > > I have a Newsletter object. Newsletter has many Sections. > > I also have: > > accepts_nested_attributes_for :sections > > on the Newsletter object. > > I have the typical scaffolded new.html.erb with: > > <% form_for(@newsletter) do |f| %> > > in there, I am trying to populate the first Section using fields_for > during the newsletter creation. > If I try to emphasize "sections" in fields_for , I get an exception. > > Otherwise, I can do this: > > <% f.fields_for :section, :index => 0 do |s| %> > > which in the forms creates newsletter[section][0]. > > It will recognize :section but not :sections. > > If I manually set it so that it comes out as > newsletter[sections][0] > I get a "Section expected but got Array" > > I have tried with and without the section index. > > Any ideas? This is should be a text book usage and I am out of ideas > to get it working. > > thanks, > C. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
