My website has Categories and subcategories,here is what i have in my seeds.rb,there i create a main category called "Video and animation",and 4 subcategories,than i assign the subcategories to the main category.
@category = Category.create!(name: "Video and animation")
["Intro", "Animation & 3D", "Editing and Post Production", "Other"].each do |name|
@subcategory = Subcategory.create!(name: name, category_id: @category.id)
end
It works well,in my rails console i see that everything works,the category_id for the added products changes to a number(integer as it should).
Question: How do i show the category in my views,so when someone clicks on that he gets all the products of that category. And how do i show all the subcategories following the same principle. Here is what i tried to put into my views
<% Category.all.each do |category| %>
<%= link_to category.name, gigs_path(category: category.name) %>
<% end %>
<% Subcategory.all.each do |subcategory| %>
<%= link_to subcategory.name, gigs_path(subcategory: subcategory.name) %>
<% end %>
The weird thing is that when i put in my product controller this
def index
@category_id = Category.find_by(name: params[:category])
@gigs = Gig.where(category_id: @category_id).order("created_at DESC")
@subcategory_id = Subcategory.find_by(name: params[:subcategory])
@gigs = Gig.where(subcategory_id: @subcategory_id).order("created_at DESC")
end
It shows just the required subcategories,as i want,but the main category remains empty. and if i put instead this into my controller
def index
@category_id = Category.find_by(name: params[:category])
@subcategory_id = Subcategory.find_by(name: params[:subcategory])
@gigs = Gig.where(category_id: @category_id).order("created_at DESC")
end
The main category works,as required,but the subcategories remain empty.
Note: In both cases,in the views,before anyone clicks on anything,i see the proper category and subcategories displayed.
Here is what i have in each of the 3 models
class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :subcategories
end
class Subcategory < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :category
has_many :products
end
class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
acts_as_votable
belongs_to :user
belongs_to :subcategory
has_attached_file :image, :styles => { :medium => "300x300>" }
validates_attachment_content_type :image, :content_type => /\Aimage\/.*\Z/
end
Thank you for your time.