On Jul 21, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Jen wrote:
> Hi,
> After getting nowhere I decided to follow this article:
>
> http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-nested-attributes
>
> This meant replicating some already existing fields in my universities/_form,
> but I felt it would atleast rule out the possibility I was doing something
> silly with partials. Now I am receiving the following error:
>
> NoMethodError in Universities#new
>
> Showing /home/resource_portal/website/app/views/universities/_form.html.erb
> where line #26 raised:
>
> undefined method `fields_for' for nil:NilClass
>
> Extracted source (around line #26):
>
> 23: <%= f.label :country %><br />
> 24: <%= f.text_field :country %>
> 25: </div>
> 26: <%= form.fields_for :resources do |resource| %>
You have form.fields_for here while all your other form fields refer to f and
your form_for defines |f|. Change this line to f.fields_for and that should
fix your nil error
> 27: <%= f.label :resource_type %><br />
> 28: <%= f.text_field :resource_type %>
> 29: </div>
>
> Trace of template inclusion: app/views/universities/new.html.erb
>
> Rails.root: /home/resource_portal/website
> Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace
>
> rake-0.8.7/ruby/1.9.1/gems/activesupport-3.0.3/lib/active_support/whiny_nil.rb:48:in
> `method_missing'
>
> My code for the models, universities controller and view is attached. Can
> someone please point out what I am doing wrong? I have read many articles,
> posts and have tried many variations to achieve this. Do I need to set
> @resources and @universities to equal some value before rendering the form?
>
> Code for controller:
>
> class UniversitiesController < ApplicationController
> #insure users are signed in before viewing these pages
> before_filter :authenticate
>
> # GET /universities
> # GET /universities.xml
> def index
> @universities = University.all
>
> respond_to do |format|
> format.html # index.html.erb
> format.xml { render :xml => @universities }
> end
> end
>
> # GET /universities/1
> # GET /universities/1.xml
> def show
> @university = University.find(params[:id])
>
> respond_to do |format|
> format.html # show.html.erb
> format.xml { render :xml => @university }
> end
> end
>
> # GET /universities/new
> # GET /universities/new.xml
> def new
> @university = University.new
> @resource = @university.resources.build
> respond_to do |format|
> format.html # new.html.erb
> format.xml { render :xml => @university }
>
> end
> end
>
> # GET /universities/1/edit
> def edit
> @university = University.find(params[:id])
> end
>
> # POST /universities
> # POST /universities.xml
> def create
> @university = University.new(params[:university])
>
> respond_to do |format|
> if @university.save
> format.html { redirect_to(@university, :notice => 'University was
> successfully created.') }
> format.xml { render :xml => @university, :status => :created,
> :location => @university }
> else
> format.html { render :action => "new" }
> format.xml { render :xml => @university.errors, :status =>
> :unprocessable_entity }
> end
> end
> end
>
> # PUT /universities/1
> # PUT /universities/1.xml
> def update
> @university = University.find(params[:id])
>
> respond_to do |format|
> if @university.update_attributes(params[:university])
> format.html { redirect_to(@university, :notice => 'University was
> successfully updated.') }
> format.xml { head :ok }
> else
> format.html { render :action => "edit" }
> format.xml { render :xml => @university.errors, :status =>
> :unprocessable_entity }
> end
> end
> end
>
> # DELETE /universities/1
> # DELETE /universities/1.xml
> def destroy
> @university = University.find(params[:id])
> @university.destroy
>
> respond_to do |format|
> format.html { redirect_to(universities_url) }
> format.xml { head :ok }
> end
> end
> end
>
> Code for models:
>
> class University < ActiveRecord::Base
> has_many :resources
> accepts_nested_attributes_for :resources, :allow_destroy => :true,
> :reject_if => proc { |attrs| attrs.all? { |k, v| v.blank? } }
> attr_accessible :resource_attributes
> end
>
> class Resource < ActiveRecord::Base
> #Defines the relationship between resource and user.
> belongs_to :user
> belongs_to :university
> attr_accessible :resource_type, :subject, :author, :course, :alternative_use,
> #Need to add some more validation to the fields.
> def self.search(search)
> if search
> find(:all, :conditions => ['subject LIKE ?', "%#{search}%"])
> #Join tables here
>
> else
> find(:all)
> end
> end
> #End class.
> end
>
> Code for views:
>
> <%= form_for(@university) do |f| %>
> <% if @university.errors.any? %>
> <div id="error_explanation">
> <h2><%= pluralize(@university.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this
> university from being saved:</h2>
>
> <ul>
> <% @university.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
> <li><%= msg %></li>
> <% end %>
> </ul>
> </div>
> <% end %>
>
> <div class="field">
> <%= f.label :name %><br />
> <%= f.text_field :name %>
> </div>
> <div class="field">
> <%= f.label :address %><br />
> <%= f.text_field :address %>
> </div>
> <div class="field">
> <%= f.label :country %><br />
> <%= f.text_field :country %>
> </div>
> <%= form.fields_for :resources do |resource| %>
> <%= f.label :resource_type %><br />
> <%= f.text_field :resource_type %>
> </div>
> <% end %>
> <div class="actions">
> <%= f.submit %>
> </div>
> <% end %>
>
> <h1>New university</h1>
>
> <%= render 'form' %>
> <ul>
> <li> <%= link_to 'Back', universities_path %> </li>
> </ul>
>
> Thanks in advance for any further assistance,
> Jen.
> On 21/07/11 12:11, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 21 July 2011 11:55, Jen<jen.bot...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Please don't top post, it makes it difficult to follow the thread.
>> Insert your reply at appropriate point(s) in previous post. Thanks.
>>
>>> Hi Colin,
>>> I can't see anything in my controller that indicates I have set @resource to
>>> nil.
>>> When I go directly to the resources form it renders fine and I can add data
>>> about new resources. It's just when trying to render the form as a partial
>>> within the universities/_form view.
>> I had missed the fact that you were in a partial. Have a look at the
>> Rails Guide on Layouts and Rendering, specifically the section on
>> using partials and passing values to it.
>>
>> If you have not already done so, also have a good look the other
>> guides, it will be time well spent.
>>
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>> Do I need to add something in the 'universities_controller' that gives
>>> @resource a value. Perhaps '@resource = Resource.new'?
>>>
>>> Below is the code from the 'universities_controller' so far:
>>>
>>> class UniversitiesController< ApplicationController
>>> #insure users are signed in before viewing these pages
>>> before_filter :authenticate
>>>
>>> # GET /universities
>>> # GET /universities.xml
>>> def index
>>> @universities = University.all
>>>
>>> respond_to do |format|
>>> format.html # index.html.erb
>>> format.xml { render :xml => @universities }
>>> end
>>> end
>>>
>>> # GET /universities/1
>>> # GET /universities/1.xml
>>> def show
>>> @university = University.find(params[:id])
>>>
>>> respond_to do |format|
>>> format.html # show.html.erb
>>> format.xml { render :xml => @university }
>>> end
>>> end
>>>
>>> # GET /universities/new
>>> # GET /universities/new.xml
>>> def new
>>> @university = University.new
>>>
>>> respond_to do |format|
>>> format.html # new.html.erb
>>> format.xml { render :xml => @university }
>>> resource = @university.resources.build
>>>
>>> end
>>> end
>>>
>>> # GET /universities/1/edit
>>> def edit
>>> @university = University.find(params[:id])
>>> end
>>>
>>> # POST /universities
>>> # POST /universities.xml
>>> def create
>>> @university = University.new(params[:university])
>>>
>>> respond_to do |format|
>>> if @university.save
>>> format.html { redirect_to(@university, :notice => 'University was
>>> successfully created.') }
>>> format.xml { render :xml => @university, :status => :created,
>>> :location => @university }
>>> else
>>> format.html { render :action => "new" }
>>> format.xml { render :xml => @university.errors, :status =>
>>> :unprocessable_entity }
>>> end
>>> end
>>> end
>>>
>>> # PUT /universities/1
>>> # PUT /universities/1.xml
>>> def update
>>> @university = University.find(params[:id])
>>>
>>> respond_to do |format|
>>> if @university.update_attributes(params[:university])
>>> format.html { redirect_to(@university, :notice => 'University was
>>> successfully updated.') }
>>> format.xml { head :ok }
>>> else
>>> format.html { render :action => "edit" }
>>> format.xml { render :xml => @university.errors, :status =>
>>> :unprocessable_entity }
>>> end
>>> end
>>> end
>>>
>>> # DELETE /universities/1
>>> # DELETE /universities/1.xml
>>> def destroy
>>> @university = University.find(params[:id])
>>> @university.destroy
>>>
>>> respond_to do |format|
>>> format.html { redirect_to(universities_url) }
>>> format.xml { head :ok }
>>> end
>>> end
>>> end
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jen.
>>>
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