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ruby-on-railscheckbox
Martynas
Martynas

Reputation: 2565

Rails, checkbox

I don't know how to return checked values. There is my code

controller:

  def index

    // there I would like to get checked cities

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html # index.html.erb
      format.xml  { render :xml => @cities }
    end

  end


viewer:

  <%= render 'form' %>


_form:

  <% for cities in Database.find(:all) %>
  <div>
    <%= check_box_tag cities.city1 %>
    <%= cities.city1 %>
  </div>
  <% end %>

EDIT

I tried:

@cities = Database.find(:all)
params[:cities].each do |city|
  ...
end

and

<% for city in @cities %>
<%= check_box_tag "cities[]", city.id %> <%= city.city1 %>
<% end %>

but got error:

You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occurred while evaluating nil.each

Upvotes: 3

Views: 9201

Answers (3)

Bohdan
Bohdan

Reputation: 8408

Hi Your problem seems to be similar to HABTM through checkboxes try

<%form_tag "some_action", :method => :post do %>
  <% Database.find(:all).each do |city| %>
    <div>
      <%= check_box_tag "cities[]",city.city1, :false %>
      <%= citiy.city1 %>
    </div>
  <% end %>
<%end%>

and inside controller

def some_action
  if !request.post?
    @cities = Database.find(:all)
    render 'view'
  else
    params[:cities].each do |city|
      ...
    end
    redirect_to view_path
  end
end

Upvotes: 5

Samo
Samo

Reputation: 8240

Put a debugger in your controller code. What happens when you inspect your params? Is there anything similar to params[:cities]? If so, what's in there?

Upvotes: 1

Mark Swardstrom
Mark Swardstrom

Reputation: 18100

To do this you'll want to iterate over the list of cities and add a check_box_tag with the name "cities[]" for each.

I usually provide the list as a variable to use in the view. Do the Database.find in the controller.

<% for city in @cities %>
  <%= check_box_tag "cities[]", city.id %> <%= city.name %>
<% end %>

Note - if no checkboxes are checked, nothing will be submitted for the param - ie, there won't be a 'cities[]' param at all. You may need to add this depending on the logic of your search. If so, add to the form...

<%= hidden-field_tag "cities[]", '' %>

Or you can handle it in the controller.

Upvotes: 2

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