This is a nested model form using to models: section and comment, where section has many comments.
"text" is a field for comments "approval_boolean" is a field for comments I just want the field value for "text" to show up as a non-form- element and "approval_boolean" to show as a check box form element. The code above works, but I can only get the "text" field to show up as a text_area or text_field form element. Like I said, if <%= a.text %> worked, I'd be happy... but it gives me a method error and I'm not sure why. Ahhhh! a.class = formbuilder. I thought it was a Comments class. Now I know what to look up.... I guess my question after all is there any way to "extract" a data value from a field within a formbuilder? (if I got my terminology right) Thanks for taking the time to look at this, btw. -a On Mar 23, 11:45 am, Michael Pavling <pavl...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23 March 2010 16:35, andrew <andrew.ggro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Ok, I'll clean up the variable names. Thanks! :) > > > However.... > > > <%=h comment.txt %> undefined method `text' > > <%= text %> and <%=h text %> give undefined local variable or method > > `text' > > > Neither of those ideas work. :( > > Well what *is* your "a/comment" variable? Have you debugged it to see > what's going on in that block? Do you *know* what methods it's got, or > are you assuming there's a "text" method? > > You can use <% puts .... %> or <% logger.info .... %> to output > messages to help you diagnose what's going on. Personally, I prefer to > use breakpoint debugging in Netbeans. > > does 'puts a.respond_to("text")' display true? > what does 'puts a.inspect' give you? -- 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.