[Rails 2.3] nested_attributes and validation of nested model

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Hi,

I’m using nested models to create form in my view. It looks like this:

<% form_for :user, :url => {:action => “add_owner” }, :html => {
:method => :post } do |u| %>

  • Name: <%= u.text_field :name %>
  • Surname: <%= u.text_field :surname %>

    • <% u.fields_for :agency_owner_attributes do |ao| %>

  • Agency name: <%= ao.text_field :name %>
  • Address: <%= ao.text_field :address %>
    • <% end %>

    <% end %>

    Both models: User and AgencyOwner:

    class User < ActiveRecord::Base
    has_one :agency_owner
    accepts_nested_attributes_for :agency_owner
    validates_associated :agency_owner

    - validation here -

    end

    class AgencyOwner < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :user, :class_name => “User”, :foreign_key => “user_id”

    - validation here -

    end

    Controller:

    def add_owner
    @user = User.new(params[:user])
    @user.save
    end

    The problem:
    The whole idea of nested models is working. I can create two objects
    (user and agency_owner) at once. When I display error_messages_for
    ‘user’ I get validation errors for both models (User and AgencyOwner) -
    it’s working very well. But “fieldWithErrors”

    is shown only for
    fields from User model, so It’s impossible for highlight all error
    fields from nested model. Do you have any idea how to fix it?

    thanks for help