In your Controller's #new and #create methods, scope the post to be owned by the current_user (or whatever other scheme you may be using for your logged-in-user management).
def new @post = current_user.posts.build end def create @post = current_user.posts.create(post_params) ... end Now your relationship will take care of getting the correct user in there automatically, whether it's in-memory or in persistence. NB: If this doesn't appear to work, then you haven't built your relationships correctly, and you need to fix that before proceeding. Walter > On Mar 2, 2020, at 12:59 AM, fugee ohu <fugee...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How do i add user_id to a new record without placing it in a form as a hidden > field? I tried adding in the controller's create action just before `if > @post.save?` but that didn't cause new records created to have a value for > user_id Maybe it was because I'm using a nested form and this record is a > child record > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/3903125c-1f66-4ed3-89dd-b73620d797f2%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/48BB2E5C-C543-4ACA-BA4F-CB474CB9256A%40wdstudio.com.