Ruby on Rails

Just wanted to add a small correction for the Godfather model:

class Godfather < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
belongs_to :user_godfather, :class_name => "User"
end

On Feb 26, 11:38 pm, Amokrane <amokrane.chen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Basically I have two models: User and Godfather. The godfather table
> has three columns:
>
>  - user_id (FK --> User)
>  - user_godfather_id (FK --> User)
>  - description (text)
>
> Inside each model class, I am adding the following associations:
>
>     class User < ActiveRecord::Base
>
>       has_many :godfathers # for user_id
>       has_many :godfathers, :foreign_key =>
> "user_godfather_id", :class_name => "Godfather"
>
>       accepts_nested_attributes_for :godfathers
>     end
>
>     class Godfather < ActiveRecord::Base
>        belongs_to :zz_user_id, :class_name => "User"
>        belongs_to :user_godfather_id, :class_name => "User"
>     end
>
> Now my question is about how to manage the edit form of this nested
> attribute relationships.
> Here is how my form looks like at the moment (using the
> nested_form_for gem):
>
>      <%= nested_form_for @user do |f| %>
>                 <%= f.fields_for :godfathers do |godfather_form| %>
>                     # Here I have an ID text field but what I want
> instead is
>                     # to provide a username for this godfather.
>                     <%= godfather_form.label :user_godfather_id %>
>                     <%= godfather_form.text_field :user_godfather_id
> %>
>
>                     <%= godfather_form.label :description %>
>                     <%= godfather_form.text_field :description %>
>
>                     <%= godfather_form.link_to_remove "Remove this
> godfather" %>
>                  <% end %>
>                 <%= f.link_to_add "Add a godfather", :godfathers %>
> <br/><br/>
>      <%= f.submit "Update Godfathers" %>
>
> So as I said in the comments, my goal is to be able to provide a
> username for the godfather instead of an id. That username is a column
> in the User table by the way.
>
> Any idea about how I should go about it?
>
> Thanks!

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