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On Jan 30, 4:58 pm, Erol Fornoles <erol.forno...@gmail.com> wrote: > You might want to check out: > > http://github.com/Erol/nested_reference > > Assuming your models were Person and ZipCode, and ZipCode has a field > called 'code': > > class Person > belongs_to :zip_code > validates_presence_of :zip_code, :message => 'Zip Code can't be > empty or was not found in the list of valid codes.' > > accepts_nested_reference_and_attributes_for :zip_code, :code, :required > => true > end > > View: > > form_for @person do |p| > p.text_field :name > p.fields_for :zip_code |zc| > zc.text_field :code > end > end > > Controller: > > person.update_attributes(:person) # Nothing special needs to be done. > person.zip_code_id will be set depending on the zip code the user > filled in. > > You can add auto-completion in your view. I'd recommend jQuery > Autocomplete. > > Hope this helps, > > On Jan 29, 8:16 pm, eugenio <eugenio.mode...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > one of my model belongs_to another (zip codes). > > i would like to let the user insert the zip code in a text field > > instead of the select menu generated by the collection_select. > > No new zip code should be created and the code should be validated (it > > should be in the list of valid code). > > How can this be achieved? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
