[rails3] comments not saving post_id

Question

Im running into a small (newbie) problem.

I've got 2 models: question & reviews.

Reviews schema: question_id, user_id, rating, comments

On the 'show' view, i've integrated the following form (formtastic):

  - semantic_form_for @question.reviews.build do |f|
    = f.error_messages
    = f.input :rating 
    = f.input :comments
    = f.buttons

My reviews controller's create action looks like this:

  def create
    @review = Review.new(params[:review])
    @review.user_id = current_user.id

    if @review.save
      flash[:notice] = "Successfully created review."
      redirect_to(@review.question)
    else
      redirect_to(@review.question)
    end
  end

However, now it simply doesnt seem to save the question id in the question_id field. It does save the user_id nicely.

Does anyone have a clue of what Im doing wrong? If you need logs, let me know! Thanks in advance

Answer 1

you need to add a hidden field for the question id on your form. something like

f.hidden_field :question_id

To be more specific, user_id is saved because you're assigning it in the controller. You need to pass in the question_id from the form to the controller for it to be saved as well.