How to create nested froms to create values in two different table at once in rails 3

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I was stuck with a different scenario like say for example i have model movies and the other is releases. I want to create a new form in the apps/views/movies/new.html.erb. In the new i wanna have the fields for movies table eventually ill be having a form for it and at the same time i want to add the movie release information to the other table releases.Like it will be nested form as follows

<%= form_for(@movies)......%>

<% files for movies table %>

2nd form <%=form_for :releases %>

   <% fields for releases table%>

so form one carries the data to movies table when user clicks on submit button. But i want to pass the the values to release table also with this click using a nested form. Is it possible to have nested forms. If so i wanted some help on how it can be achieved exactly. Help me out please.

Mikhail Nikalyukin · Answer 1 · 2011-07-12T13:13:51.140

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<%= form_for(@movies) do |f| %>
# fields for movie
  <%= f.fields_for :releases do |nested_f| %>
#fields for your nested form releases
  <% end %>
<% f.submit %>
<% end %>

Also in Movie.rb model add this line. accepts_nested_attributes_for :releases More information there

edited Jul 12 '11 at 13:13

answered Jul 12 '11 at 12:33

Mikhail Nikalyukin

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Its very important on how we write a submit button. Im looking for how we could write it Mikahail. – Sandeep Jul 12 '11 at 12:59
im update my answer. basically, you only need submit for main form, nested form doesnt require submit button. Cheers! – Mikhail Nikalyukin Jul 12 '11 at 13:15
Cool. I have tried it but the problem is values are getting created in movies table but not in the releases table. – Sandeep Jul 12 '11 at 14:43
Can you post your db schema for movie and release tables? – Mikhail Nikalyukin Jul 12 '11 at 16:20

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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I don’t think HTML allows nested forms, see for example this question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Jul 12 '11 at 12:29

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How to create nested froms to create values in two different table at once in rails 3

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