Form for Object Creation

Rails
1

Can someone explain what is the correct way with Rails 1.2 to use a form
to
create an object.

I know start_form_tag is changed to form_tag but what about form_for?

I am trying to map a field on to field in the object which is created by
a
method call,
so something like this def password=(pass) and so on. However, this
seems to
work fine for me
in some cases but not in others.

Thanks,

Keith

2

Both take blocks now. When using form_for, supply the block with a
symbol denoting the corresponding object, then you don’t have to
restate it everyplace:

<% form_for :people do |f| %>

name <%= f.text_field :name %>

address <%= f.text_field :address %>

<% end %>

In particular, this is great when there are multiple forms on the
same page. You specify:

<% form_for :people %>

stuff here

<% end %>

<% form_for :addresses %>
#stuff here
<% end %>

Does this help?

3

Ok, I have rewritten my form code to follow this but its not solving my
core
problem.

Maybe its just me but rails seems a bit of a mess when it comes to form
code.

I have one app that runs against 1.1.6. I have a form with the following
code:

<%= form.file_field(“jar_file”) %>

In my model I have:

def jar_file=(jar_field)
#stuff
end

This works fine. Howevern in a new app running on rails 1.2.1 I have the
following code:
<%= f.password_field(“password”) %>

with this in my model:

def password=(pass)
#stuff
end

This fails with the error:

undefined method `password’ for #User:0x377e560

Is there a ‘correct’ approach for this. Rails seems to allow me to set
up forms in
a number of ways but I can find nothing that says this is the right
way to do it.

Keith