I have a long form that auto-fills with information from our database (based upon partial information supplied by a user). When the user verifies the information and re-submits the form, the information should be saved as the users. The form - qualifying_events - is a partial that's in the views / shared folder. The data that autofills it is rendered by the qualifying_events_controller as part of the create method. The partial is presented for verification in a views / users page that's rendered by the user controller. The initial, partial information input by a user - in a similar partial on the same page - is correctly saving. Here's the top of the form:
<form class="form-inline">
<%= form_for(@qualifying_event) do |f| %>
<%= render 'shared/error_messages', object: f.object %>
<div >
<div class="form-group col-sm-12 text-center" style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><h5>
<div>
<li style="list-style-type: none; float: left; display: none; visibility: hidden;">
<%= current_user %>
</li>
</div>
<div>
<li style="list-style-type: none; float: left;">
<%= f.label :class_date %><br/>
<%= f.text_area :class_date, autofocus: true %>
</li>
</div>
Here is the error message:
No route matches [GET] "/qualifying_events"
Here's what I've tried:
1. Explicitly adding a route to the config / routes file although it already showed if I ran rake routes:
post 'qualifying_events_path' => 'qualifying_events#create'
2. Changing the form_for language to explicitly call 'post':
<%= form_for(@qualifying_event, url: qualifying_events_path, method: => post) do |f| %>
I still get the same error message. Since I have other forms that are saving to the database with the same code, I have to assume something changes when a form is populated from a database and one wants to re-save the information. I'm using the devise gem so I looked at the registration#edit code, hoping I could follow the format:
<%= form_for(resource, as: resource_name, url: registration_path(resource_name), html: { method: :put }) do |f| %>
Unfortunately, that approach didn't work either.
For 'completeness', here's the qualifying_events_controller code:
def create
@user = current_user
@qualifying_event = current_user.qualifying_events.build(qualifying_event_params)
if @qualifying_event.validated.nil?
# Match partial course information from current_user with records in table
# Get partial record's information
active_date = @qualifying_event.class_date
active_course = @qualifying_event.course_id
active_sponsor = @qualifying_event.sponsor_name
# Match on class_date, course_id, and sponsor_name
@qualifying_event = QualifyingEvent.new
@qualifying_event.assign_attributes(QualifyingEvent.
where("(class_date = :class_date AND course_id = :course_id)
OR (class_date = :class_date AND sponsor_name = :sponsor_name)
OR (course_id = :course_id AND sponsor_name = :sponsor_name)",
{class_date: active_date, course_id: active_course,
sponsor_name: active_sponsor}).first.attributes)
# render to confirmation form / form for completion
flash[:success] = "Qualifying Event saved for verification!"
respond_to do |format|
format.html {render 'users/user_dashboard' }
end
else
# if the record is complete
@qualifying_event.save
flash[:success] = "Qualifying Event created!"
redirect_to user_dashboard_path
end
There may be an error in the 'else' statement. I haven't yet added the code to verify that all the required information is present, etc.
I can save to and retrieve information from the database, however a re-submit of edited information calls 'get' rather than 'post.' What am I missing? Thank you in advance.
