On 28 June 2015 at 07:36, Padmahas Bn <padma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to have a form in which some of the fields are linked to model > and some fields are not. When I use form_for tag it binds to a particular > model and I cannot create form fields that aren't correspond to one of the > column name of the table (Model). Hence what I think is I should use > form_tag instead of form_for so that it contains whatever the form fields it > want but one thing I can't find by googling is how can I connect specific > fields to a model leaving other fields free of model? > > In other words, If I have 5 text_fields in a form how can I link only 3 > text_fields to a model and leave other 2 fields free?
For the model fields populate the field with my_model.the_attribute and for the others just use the value. Then extract the data from params in the controller. Or use ActiveModel as suggested by Henry, which is a more OO solution. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAL%3D0gLv5J8ZV2cPc3ZPmV83f%3DDX3ou6q4hiBCHXcj14rJzbfKw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
