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RailsDFW
RailsDFW

Reputation: 1573

Rails Create and Edit on the same view

I am trying to accomplish Create and Edit on the same view (and same controller) on Rails 3.2 and Ruby 1.9.2. I have a partial and I am using form_for and the standard form helpers.

I submit using Ajax, so my page (form) is not refreshed or redirected. When the user tries to edit the form, naturally, Rails will create an entry instead of updating it. I was thinking of modifying the Controller's create method to detect existing entries, but I am not sure if this is the correct approach. Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 866

Answers (1)

Caleb Hearth
Caleb Hearth

Reputation: 3365

You can pretty easily include the same form in both create and edit pages by storing it in a partial (typically _form.html.erb) and rendering the form in both create and edit.

This is what rails generate scaffold MODEL FIELD:TYPE FIELD1:TYPE1 will give you, as well.

Upvotes: 1

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