How do I use nested attributes with the devise model

Question

I have the same issue as http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3027555/creating-an-additional-related-model-with-devise (which has no answer).

I have overridden the devise view for creating a new user and added a company name, I have changed the model to use accepts_nested_attributes_for

There are no errors, but it is not adding the nested record and I don't have a controller where I can modify the request.

I have the following (shortened to make it readable):

routes.rb

map.devise_for :users
map.resources :users, :has_many => :companies

user.rb

has_many :companies
accepts_nested_attributes_for :companies
devise :registerable ... etc

company.rb

belongs_to :user

new.html.erb

...
<% form_for resource_name, resource, :url => registration_path(resource_name) do |f| %>
...
  <% f.fields_for :company do |company_form| %>
    <p><%= company_form.label :name %></p>
    <p><%= company_form.text_field :name %></p>
  <% end %>
...

UPDATE: I didn't add :company to the attr_accessible list in the User model.

Answer 1

You may be trying to mass assign some protected variable, OR you might not be saving a valid record. Check to make sure that the record is actually saving to the db.

Answer 2

You can add the following method to the User model:

user.rb

def with_company
  self.companies.build
  self
end

And modify the view:

new.html.erb

...
<% form_for resource_name, resource.with_company, :url => registration_path(resource_name) do |f| %>
...
  <% f.fields_for :company do |company_form| %>
  ...
  <% end %>

This way, you'll have the nested form to add one company to the user. To dynamically add multiple companies to the user, check the Railcast #197 by Ryan Bates.