I want to use fields_for
on a subset of records in an association.
I have a Month
model, which has_many :payments
.
But in my form in my view I only want to have fields_for
some of those payments. For example:
- fields_for @month.payments.large
This doesn't work.
Can I pass a set of records to fields_for
, rather than the usual symbol (fields_for :payments
) approach?
You can add additional association for large payments, for example:
class Month < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :payments
has_many :large_payments, :class_name => "Payment", :conditions => "value > 1000000"
end
After that you can use fields_for
in common way:
- fields_for :large_payments
I think to encapsulate this logic on a model side is a better approach then in the view.
You can, however, use an array of objects without having to create any additional associations. For example, let's say that in your controller you prepared some array of @large_payments, then in the view you can do the following:
<%= f.fields_for :payments, @large_payments do |payment| %> ...
That way if you've got a pretty big form or multiple pages of forms, and you don't want to have to create an additional association for each group that you want to display, you don't have to.