Edit a model with has_many and at the same time adding a new object associated

Rails
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I have Shop has_many :documents and Documen belongs_to :shop.
When I create a new shop I use accept_nested_attributes_for :documents
in the model and fields_for in the form, so I can create a new shop
and at the same time a document associated to the shop.
I want to add a new document associated to the shop also when I edit
the shop, at the same time I edit the shop.
If I call the edit action for shop, in the form I have the fields for
one of the documents associated with their values but I want to add a
new document.
There is a way to do this?

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Checkout these two railscasts, they should get you started in right
direction:

Chirag
http://sumeruonrails.com

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On 1 July 2011 12:51, Chirag S. [email protected] wrote:

Checkout these two railscasts, they should get you started in right
direction:
#196 Nested Model Form Part 1 - RailsCasts
#197 Nested Model Form Part 2 - RailsCasts

I’ve found that is more simpler than I’ve thought.

Models are:

Shop has_many :document, Document belongs_to :shop.

For edit action I’ve done:

@shop = Shop.find(params[:id])
@document = @shop.documents.new

and in the form I’ve done:

fields_for @document.

Now I can modify an existing shop and at the same time add a document.
Do you think it’s all correct?

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On 1 July 2011 22:10, vinny [email protected] wrote:

I’m assuming this is rails 3.
For your edit action you don’t need the @document variable. You can refer
to all of your documents via the :has_many association you created in the
model so @shop.documents will suffice.

The problem is that I want to add a new document when I am in the edit
action.
In the form for edit I have all shop fields with their values and also
the document fields with their values.
I want the document fields blank so that I can insert new values and
add a document for the shop.

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I’m assuming this is rails 3.

For your edit action you don’t need the @document variable. You can
refer
to all of your documents via the :has_many association you created in
the
model so @shop.documents will suffice.

Your fields_for will need to look something like this
fields_for :documents, @shop.documents |ff_item|
stuff for whatever you need (text area’s checkboxes etc.)
end

If you want to access your data from your document in the fields_for
loop,
you can do “ff_item.object.DOCUMENT_METHOD”.
ff_item.object will be an instance of your document so you can set the
default values for your html items.

Vinny
@agnellvj