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bonum_cete
bonum_cete

Reputation: 4962

Why is the check_box value not posting to the db

When I submit the form below the "published" check_box value is not posting.

params3 = {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"i4SbblLJKIwba9yD30sDQCsir28/xdUxQZ90qYTNn0A=", "story"=>{"name"=>"asdsaddsad", "post"=>"asdasdasdasd", "user_id"=>"13", "image_id"=>"1", "published"=>"1"}, "commit"=>"Save Story", "action"=>"create", "controller"=>"stories"}

def create
    @story = Story.new(story_params)

    respond_to do |format|
      if @story.save
        format.html { redirect_to @story, notice: 'Story was successfully created.' }
        format.json { render action: 'show', status: :created, location: @story }
      else
        format.html { render action: 'new' }
        format.json { render json: @story.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

<%= form_for @story do |f| %>
        <%= f.text_field :name, placeholder: "Enter Title" %>
        <%= f.text_area :post, placeholder: "Enter Story" %>
        <br/>
        <%= f.hidden_field :user_id, value: current_user.id %>
        <%= f.hidden_field :image_id, value: @image.id %>
        <%= f.label "Publish this" %>
        <%= f.check_box :published %>
        <%= f.submit "Save Story" %>
    <% end %>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 31

Answers (1)

Zac Hallett
Zac Hallett

Reputation: 494

The data that is being passed to the action is story as seen in the params3 hash. Also, the published check box is being posted. Check boxes by default will pass a 1 or 0 to denote true / false. Rails will update the value accordingly and accept 1 or 0 for the value of a checkbox:

params3 = {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"i4SbblLJKIwba9yD30sDQCsir28/xdUxQZ90qYTNn0A=",  "**story**"=>{"name"=>"asdsaddsad", "post"=>"asdasdasdasd", "user_id"=>"13", "image_id"=>"1", "published"=>"1"}, "commit"=>"Save Story", "action"=>"create", "controller"=>"stories"}

Therefore your object creation will need to use those params. Since you are using Rails 4, you will need to use strong_parameters which seems that you are. You will need to verify that published is an allowed value in your params hash.

def story_params
  params.require(:story).permit(...., :published, ...)
end

Upvotes: 1

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