I'm trying to edit multiple records with a checkbox form as shown in this Railscast. Rails has changed since then and I'm having trouble with routing and forms.
I have a PeopleController and I'm trying to make a form that will edit all of their phone numbers at once. Yes, I know this isn't a useful function, as there is normally no reason to change everyone's phone numbers to the same thing, but I'm just using this to get comfortable with the code - and it isn't working!
Here's what I've got:
people_controller:
class PeopleController < ApplicationController
helper_method :sort_column, :sort_direction
def index
@people = Person.order(sort_column + " " + sort_direction)
respond_to do |format|
format.html # index.html.erb
format.json { render json: @people }
end
end
# GET /people/1
# GET /people/1.json
def show
@person = Person.find(params[:id])
respond_to do |format|
format.html # show.html.erb
format.json { render json: @person }
end
end
# GET /people/new
# GET /people/new.json
def new
@person = Person.new
respond_to do |format|
format.html # new.html.erb
format.json { render json: @person }
end
end
# GET /people/1/edit
def edit
@person = Person.find(params[:id])
end
# POST /people
# POST /people.json
def create
...
end
# PUT /people/1
# PUT /people/1.json
def update
...
end
def update_multiple
@people = Person.find(params[:people_ids])
@people.each do |person|
person.update_attributes!(params[:person].reject { |k,v| v.blank? })
end
flash[:notice] = "Updated people"
redirect_to people_path
end
# DELETE /people/1
# DELETE /people/1.json
def destroy
...
end
private
def sort_column
Person.column_names.include?(params[:sort]) ? params[:sort] : "name"
end
def sort_direction
%w[asc desc].include?(params[:direction]) ? params[:direction] : "asc"
end
end
index.html.erb:
<h1>Listing people</h1>
<% form_tag edit_multiple_people_path do %>
<table>
<tr>
<th></th>
<th><%= sortable "name" %></th>
<th><%= sortable "phone" %></th>
<th><%= sortable "created_at" %></th>
<th></th>
<th></th>
<th></th>
</tr>
<% @people.each do |person| %>
<tr>
<td><%= check_box_tag "people_ids[]", person.id %></td>
<td><%= person.name %></td>
<td><%= person.phone %></td>
<td><%= person.created_at %></td>
<td><%= link_to 'Show', person %></td>
<td><%= link_to 'Edit', edit_person_path(person) %></td>
<td><%= link_to 'Destroy', person, method: :delete, data: { confirm: 'Are you sure?' } %></td>
</tr>
<% end %>
</table>
<% # submit_tag "Edit Checked" %>
<% end %>
<br />
<%= link_to 'New Person', new_person_path %>
edit_multiple.html.erb:
<%= form_for :person, :url => update_multiple_path, :html => { :method => :put } do |f| %>
<ul>
<% @people.each %>
<li>
<%= hidden_field_tag "people_ids[]", person.id %>
<%=h person.name %>
</li>
<% end %>
</ul>
<p>
<%= f.label :phone %><br />
<%= f.text_field :phone %>
</p>
<p><%= f.submit "Submit" %></p>
<% end %>
Routes.rb:
resources :people do
collection do
put 'update_multiple'
end
end
And rake routes:
update_multiple_people PUT /people/update_multiple(.:format) people#update_multiple
people GET /people(.:format) people#index
POST /people(.:format) people#create
new_person GET /people/new(.:format) people#new
edit_person GET /people/:id/edit(.:format) people#edit
person GET /people/:id(.:format) people#show
PUT /people/:id(.:format) people#update
DELETE /people/:id(.:format) people#destroy
EDIT:
My routes were messed up. They are now working properly as shown above.