Hidden_field with nested attributes problem

Rails
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ive been able to get nested attributes to work before. but only with a
has_many
Im having problems with hidden fields and nested attributes

model - owner.rb

belongs_to :ticket
belongs_to :employee

model - ticket.rb

belongs_to :owner, :class => ‘Owner’
accepts_nested_attributes_for :owner, :allow_destroy => true

controller - tickets_controller.rb
def new
@ticket = Ticket.new
@ticket.owner.build
respond_to do |format|
format.html # new.html.erb
format.xml { render :xml => @ticket }
end
end

tickets view - new.html.erb
<% form_for(@ticket) do |f| %>
<%= f.error_messages %>

<%= f.label :subject %>
<%= f.text_field :subject %>

<%= f.label :description %>
<%= f.text_area :description, :rows => 10, :cols => 48 %>

<%= f.label :due_date %>
<%= f.text_field :due_date, :id => 'ticket_date_select' %>

<%= f.label :ticket_status_id, "Set Ticket Status" %>
<%= collection_select(:ticket, :ticket_status_id, TicketStatus.all, :id, :status_type)%>

<%= f.label :priority_id, "Ticket Priority" %>
<%= collection_select(:ticket, :priority_id, Priority.all, :id, :priority_type)%>

<% f.fields_for :owner do |owner_form|%> <%= owner_form.hidden_field :ticket_id, :value => @ticket.id %> <%= owner_form.hidden_field :employee_id, :value => current_employee.id %> <% end %>

<%= f.submit 'Create' %>

<% end %>

Basically im trying to set the ticket_id and employee_id in the owner
join model.

any help on what im doing wrong?