Hi all, finally im starting with rails, i have a simple relationship
has_many ans belongs_to that i dont now how to manage the update action,
here are my models
class Item < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :images
end
class Image < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :item
end
And my table structure:
Items => id, title, desc
Images => id, image, item_id
ok, i have a number of items and each item has an image assigned, i can
display the item info and its assigned image with
<% for image in @item.images %>
<%= image_tag("/images/publicas/" + image.image) %>
<% end %>
thats not a problem, the problem comes when i want to update the item, i
cant find a way to update its image too, im trying to fill a combobox(in
fact to fill the combo there´s no problem) in the edit.rhtml view so i
can choose wich image assign to the item and when i click the edit
button it be saved on the controller but i cant figure it out how pass
the image/id parameters.
Hope you can help me with this, Please be gentle im still learning 
Anyone? i have really tried to achieve this but i just cant figure it
out how to make it work.
Hi Nhila,
I am also learning Rails and are trying to do similar things as you (if
I understand your situation correctly.) What I did is store the
parameters I needed in session like
session[:image_id]
If you find a better way, please let me know 
Victor
I should really read what I write before sending:
“now, in you view, you have params[:image] which contains a hash
like…”: of
course, it’s not in your view, but in in your controller.
Okay, so if I get it right, you have items, each of them having many
images.
Now, you simply want to associate the images to each item. You can use
different controls for that, including the combo box, which I will
briefy
describe.
You view could look like that (that’s an image you are editing, and you
will
choose which item it belongs to. Editing an item would rather require a
“check box control”):
<%= @items= Item.find(:all)
collection_select(:image, :item_id, @items, :id, :item)
%>
now, in you view, you have params[:image] which contains a hash like:
“image”=>{“name”=>“my image name”, “item_id”=>“12”}
if you have setup your form as usual, you should also have params[:id] =
id
of your image
Therefore, in you controller, you can update like:
image = Image.find(params[:id])
if image.update_attributes(params[:image])
redirect in case of success
else
render form in case of failure
end
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Nicolas
That should create a combo box where the names of the
