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Eric
Eric

Reputation: 945

Rails - How to save form data and retrieve it when user navigates back to the page

This is more of a conceptual question, but I've included some code to make it easier to understand. I have a form to create an auction, one of the fields on the form is to select from a collection of documents.

<div class="field">
  <%= f.fields_for :document_attributes do |b| %>
    <%= b.label "Choose a Document" %><br>
    <%= b.collection_select :id, Document.where(user_id: current_user.id), :id, :title, prompt: true %>
  <% end %>
</div>

An Auction has_one :document

A user can either select a document from the dropdown, or go to the documents page and create a new document.

<%= link_to "Add New Document", all_documents_path(current_user.id) %>

The problem is, if and when a user navigates to the create document page, they lose all their progress on the auction form page.

How can I save the progress they’ve made on the auction form, and be able to come right back to it after a user has created a new document?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 152

Answers (1)

Jason Brodie
Jason Brodie

Reputation: 330

You could give them a save and add document button option that would hit your save action on the auction, then forward them to the add document route.

Upvotes: 1

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