I'm trying to create a new record for a model that belongs to my main model on the main model's update page, but it is not being saved to the database. Basically the Company model acts as the main user model, and it has the ability to create new board members for itself on its edit registration page that devise generates. Here is what I have.
1) my company model which has many boardmembers
class Company < ActiveRecord::Base
# Include default devise modules. Others available are:
# :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
:recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
has_many :boardmembers
accepts_nested_attributes_for :boardmembers
end
2) my boardmembers model
class Boardmember < ActiveRecord::Base
# Include default devise modules. Others available are:
# :confirmable, :lockable, :timeoutable and :omniauthable
devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
:recoverable, :rememberable, :trackable, :validatable
belongs_to :company
end
3) the companies controller
class Companies::RegistrationsController < Devise::RegistrationsController
prepend_before_filter :require_no_authentication, only: [ :new, :create, :cancel ]
prepend_before_filter :authenticate_scope!, only: [:edit, :update, :destroy]
def create
build_resource(sign_up_params)
if resource.save
redirect_to edit_company_registration_path
else
clean_up_passwords resource
respond_with resource
end
end
def update
# For Rails 4
account_update_params = devise_parameter_sanitizer.sanitize(:account_update)
# For Rails 3
# account_update_params = params[:user]
# required for settings form to submit when password is left blank
if account_update_params[:password].blank?
account_update_params.delete("password")
account_update_params.delete("password_confirmation")
end
@company = Company.find(current_company.id)
# saves the companies boardmembers
if @company.update_attributes(account_update_params)
set_flash_message :notice, :updated
# Sign in the user bypassing validation in case his password changed
sign_in @company, :bypass => true
redirect_to company_home_path
else
render 'edit'
end
end
end
3) and my application controller where i configure params
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
# Prevent CSRF attacks by raising an exception.
# For APIs, you may want to use :null_session instead.
protect_from_forgery with: :exception
before_filter :configure_permitted_parameters, if: :devise_controller?
protected
def configure_permitted_parameters
devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:account_update) do |u|
u.permit(:email, :name, :address, :jurisdiction_of_incorporation, :entity_type, :password, :password_confirmation, boardmembers_attributes: [:company_id, :id, :email, :name, :address, :secondary_email, :primary_phone, :password])
end
devise_parameter_sanitizer.for(:sign_up) do |u|
u.permit(:email, :name, :password, :password_confirmation)
end
end
end
My forms look something like this: edit.html.erb
<%= form_for(resource, as: resource_name, url: registration_path(resource_name), html: { method: :put }) do |f| %>
<!-- here is where all the company update fields go -->
...
<!-- here are the fields for creating boardmembers
<%= f.fields_for :boardmembers, resource.boardmembers.build do |boardmember| %>
<%= boardmember.text_field :name %>
<%= boardmember.text_field :address %>
<%= boardmember.text_field :primary_phone %>
<%= boardmember.text_field :email %>
<%= boardmember.text_field :secondary_email %>
<%= boardmember.password_field :password %>
<% end %>
<%= f.submit "Update Your Account" %>
<% end %>
However the company gets its records updated but the new boardmember is not created at all. I even tried rendering a json file of the params when i click the button and it ends up looking like
{"utf8":"✓","_method":"put","authenticity_token":"mK4yd8t4m7N5rdfmHG8XKc/c+vNUdO8vryk5kYm7juw=","company": {"email":"pizzahut@email.com","name":"Pizza Comp","password":"","password_confirmation":"","entity_type":"","jurisdiction_of_incorporation":"","address":"","boardmembers_attributes":{"0":{"name":"","address":"","primary_phone":"","email":"","secondary_email":"","password":""}}},"commit":"Update Your Account","action":"update","controller":"companies/registrations"}
All of the params for the boardmembers are empty even when I fill them in. I've tried every tutorial and answer online and none of them seem to work in this case. What else could it be? Any ideas? The new record is never created. Please help.
