All,
I am experiencing a problem with a standard fields_for setup. In my "_form" partial I have:
<div class="comment_list">
<%= f.fields_for :comments do |cf| %>
<%= render :partial => 'comments/comment_fields', :locals => {:f => cf, :tester => true} %>
<% end %>
<%= link_to_add_fields "Add a comment", f, :comments %>
</div>
In the "_comment_fields" partial, I have the usual fields and then my test variable:
<%= tester.to_s %>
When I remove the tester variable, everything works well. As soon as I add the test variable, I get this error:
ActionView::Template::Error (undefined local variable or method `tester' for #Class:0xa1f3664>:0xa1f1bd4>)
Has anyone else ran into this problem when using a fields_for with multiple locals?
To elaborate a bit more, my "_comment_fields" partial looks like this:
<div class="comment dynamic_field">
<span class="comment_content"><%= f.text_field :content, :class => "comment_content" %></span>
<%= tester.to_s %>
<%= link_to_remove_fields "remove", f %>
</div>
It is only called from the "_form" partial.
All,
Hakunin was on the money. I was calling the partial in more than one spot. The second spot was in my helper method "link_to_add_fields." I use this to add fields using javascript.
The method looked like this:
# generates add fields on a dynamic form
def link_to_add_fields(name, f, association, locals={})
new_object = f.object.class.reflect_on_association(association).klass.new
fields = f.fields_for(association, new_object,
:child_index => "new_#{association}") do |builder|
render(association.to_s.singularize + "_fields", :f => builder)
end
link_to(name, "#", :class => "dynamic_add", 'data-association' => "#{association}",
'data-content' => "#{fields}")
end
Notice that this does not allow any locals to be passed to the render method. I changed it like so:
# generates add fields on a dynamic form
def link_to_add_fields(name, f, association, locals={})
new_object = f.object.class.reflect_on_association(association).klass.new
fields = f.fields_for(association, new_object,
:child_index => "new_#{association}") do |builder|
render(association.to_s.singularize + "_fields", locals.merge!(:f => builder))
end
link_to(name, "#", :class => "dynamic_add", 'data-association' => "#{association}",
'data-content' => "#{fields}")
end
Now my link_to_add_fields call in my _form partial looks like this:
<%= link_to_add_fields "Add a comment", f, :comments, :tester => true %>
...and I can dynamically add fields to my form AND pass additional locals. Hopefully, this will help someone else out.
Change :
<%= render :partial => 'comments/comment_fields', :locals => {:f => cf, :tester => true} %>
to :
<%= render 'comments/comment_fields', :locals => {:f => cf, :tester => true} %>
I just had the same problem.
I am not clear why do you need to use tester variable in form field. But can you please paste a code how are you using tester variable in partial form.
I strongly believe that
<%= tester.to_s %>
should not generate any issue as it only displays a value of that variable