Your question is wrong. You should not be rendering a form for :interactions (which will be an AR::Relation) using an array. You should rather be initializing the controller_action.interactions directly, and remove the second parameter in the fields_for call.
-- Dheeraj Kumar On Sunday 24 March 2013 at 7:07 PM, jle...@socit.co.uk wrote: > So what should be returned instead ? > > On Sunday, 24 March 2013 12:20:49 UTC, jle...@socit.co.uk > (http://socit.co.uk) wrote: > > Hi all, I am trying to reproduce rails 3.2 behaviour with fields_for and > > nested attributes. > > > > class ControllerAction < ActiveRecord::Base > > has_many :interactions, dependent: :destroy > > has_many :roles, through: :interactions > > > > scope :controllers, lambda {|name| where("controller_name_id = ?", > > name)} > > scope :actions, lambda {|name| where("action_name_id = ?", name)} > > > > def initialized_interactions() # this is the key method > > [].tap do |o| > > Role.all.each do |r| > > if p = interactions.find { |p| p.role_id == r.id (http://r.id) } > > o << p.tap { |p| p.enable ||= true } > > else > > o << Interaction.new(:role_id => r.id (http://r.id)) > > end > > end > > end > > end > > end > > > > class Role < ActiveRecord::Base > > has_many :interactions > > end > > > > class Interaction < ActiveRecord::Base > > belongs_to :controller_action > > belongs_to :role > > attr_accessor :enable # nice little thingy here > > # It is now recommended to use strong params instead of > > 'attr_accessible :enable, :controller_action_id, :role_id' > > end > > > > controller_actions_controller.rb > > ... > > private > > # Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between > > actions. > > def set_controller_action > > @controller_action = ControllerAction.find(params[:id]) > > end > > > > # Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the > > white list through. > > def controller_action_params > > params.require(:controller_action).permit! > > end > > > > controller_actions view - excluding error code and most css formatting. > > _form.rb > > > > <%= form_for(@controller_action) do |f| %> > > ... > > <%= f.label :name %><br /> > > <%= f.text_field :name %> > > > > <h2><%= f.label :role %></h2> > > <%= f.fields_for :interactions, > > @controller_action.initialized_interactions() do |builder| %> > > <% role = builder.object.role %> > > <%= builder.hidden_field :role_id %> > > > > <%= builder.check_box :enable %> > > <%= builder.label :enable, role.name (http://role.name) %> > > > > <% end %> > > > > <%= f.submit %> > > > > <% end %> > > > > Under rails 3.2.11 I get a form that allows the user to edit roles. > > Editing controller_action > > Name > > Roles > > Webmaster > > Admin > > Moderator > > Editor > > Registered User > > Guest > > > > > > > > Show (http://localhost:3200/controller_actions/1) | Back > > (http://localhost:3200/controller_actions) > > > > Under Rails 4.0 you get:- > > undefined method `role' for #<Array:0xb875d4c> > > Extracted source (around line #21): > > > > 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 > > > > <div> > > <h2><%= f.label :role %></h2> > > <%= f.fields_for :interactions, > > @controller_action.initialized_interactions() do |builder| %> > > <% role = builder.object.role %> > > <%= builder.hidden_field :role_id %> > > > > <div class="field"> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Trace of template inclusion: app/views/controller_actions/edit.html.erb > > Rails.root: /home/john/RubyMineProjects/Rails/4.0/urps2 > > Application Trace (http://localhost:3100/controller_actions/1/edit#) | > > Framework Trace (http://localhost:3100/controller_actions/1/edit#) | Full > > Trace (http://localhost:3100/controller_actions/1/edit#) > > app/views/controller_actions/_form.html.erb:21:in `block (2 levels) in > > _app_views_controller_actions__form_html_erb__366592963_95670400' > > actionpack (4.0.0.beta1) lib/action_view/helpers/capture_helper.rb:38:in > > `block in capture' actionpack (4.0.0.beta1) > > lib/action_view/helpers/capture_helper.rb:200:in `with_output_buffer' > > actionpack (4.0.0.beta1) lib/action_view/helpers/capture_helper.rb:38:in > > `capture' actionpack (4.0.0.beta1) > > lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb:707:in `fields_for' actionpack > > (4.0.0.beta1) 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unicorn (4.6.2) lib/unicorn/http_server.rb:277:in `join' unicorn (4.6.2) bin/unicorn_rails:209:in `<top (required)>' /home/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p0@rails-4/bin/unicorn_rails:23:in `load' /home/john/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.0.0-p0@rails-4/bin/unicorn_rails:23:in `<top (required)>' ruby-debug-ide (0.4.17.beta16) lib/ruby-debug-ide.rb:86:in `debug_load' ruby-debug-ide (0.4.17.beta16) lib/ruby-debug-ide.rb:86:in `debug_program' ruby-debug-ide (0.4.17.beta16) bin/rdebug-ide:109:in `<top (required)>' -e:1:in `load' -e:1:in `<main>' > > > > > > Request > > Parameters: > > {"id"=>"1"} > > Toggle session dump (http://localhost:3100/controller_actions/1/edit#) > > > > Toggle env dump (http://localhost:3100/controller_actions/1/edit#) > > > > Response > > Headers: > > None > > > > Sorry about the verbosity but I am really struggling to solve this most > > basic use case. > > > > I have tried to figure out why the form builder returns an array but and > > would write my own if I could figure out how 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