Foreign keys

I have a building a very simple app with which to learn Rails where a
user can create as many CVs (resumes) as they wish.

For now I have:

ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 4) do

create_table “cvs”, :force => true do |t|
t.column “uni”, :string
t.column “class”, :string
t.column “degree”, :string
t.column “user_id”, :integer
end

create_table “users”, :force => true do |t|
t.column “first_name”, :string
t.column “last_name”, :string
end

end

In the ‘cv’ model I have:

class Cv < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
end

in the ‘user’ model I have:

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :cvs
end

I’ve added my controller code at the end of the message in case that
helps.

When I come to code the view for creating a new cv I want the new CV
that is created to have the ‘user_id’ as the foreign key. But I
just cannot work out what code to write.

I have been trying even to get the user’s name to appear in the
createcv view but failed:

<%= params[:action].capitalize %> CV

This is <%= @user.user.first_name %>

<%= start_form_tag :action => ‘create’ %>
Enter your degree title

<%= text_field (‘cv’, ‘degree’) %>

Enter expected/achieved class

<%= text_field (‘cv’, ‘class’) %>

Enter institution name

<%= text_field (‘cv’, ‘uni’) %>

<%= submit_tag 'Save' %>

<%= end_form_tag %>

I guess I am just confused by routing.

I know this is incredibly simple and yet I have been through the 4
books I have, all of them on Ruby and Rails ;-), various online
tutorials and yet somehow I just cannot work out how to do this.

If someone could explain it to my like I was 5 then maybe I’d get it.

Thanks

Ambrose

cv-controller

class CvController < ApplicationController

def create
@cv = Cv.new(params[:cv])
if(params[:cv])
if @cv.save
flash[:notice] = ‘You saved a new CV.’
redirect_to :action => ‘view’, :id => @cv
end
else
# show form
render :action => ‘create’
end
end

def view
@cv = Cv.find(params[:id])
end

def edit
end

def delete
end
end

user_controller

class UserController < ApplicationController

def create
@user = User.new(params[:user])
if(params[:user])
if @user.save
flash[:notice] = ‘You saved a new user.’
redirect_to :action => ‘view’, :id => @user
end
else
# show form
render :action => ‘create’
end
end

def view
@user = User.find(params[:id])
end

def edit
end

def index
list
render :action => ‘list’
end

def list
@user_pages, @users = paginate :users, :per_page => 10

end

end

anyone have a moment - this must be so simple!