I have an model (CustInfo), which contains 3 attributes: cust_name, age, gender. In my edit view, I use form_for for form submission:
<%= form_for @cust[0] do |cust| %> <label for="cname">Customer name: </label> <%= cust.text_field :cust_name, :size => 20 %> <label for="age">Customer age: </label> <%= cust.text_field :age, :size => 5 %> <label for="gender">Gender </label> <%= radio_button_tag(:gender, "F", :checked => (:gender == 'female')? true:false) %><span style="float:left">F</span> <%= radio_button_tag(:gender, "M", :checked => (:gender == 'male')? true:false) %><span style="float:left">M</span> <%= cust.submit "Save" %> <% end %> In my controller I have
def update if Cust.update_all(params[:custinfo]) flash[:notice] = "Successfully updated!" redirect_to :action => "index" else flash[:notice] = "There are errors in the form, please try again" render :action => "edit" end end When I press submit button, the form submitted, and its parameters are like this:
Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"I9QEdP1mRr65wT9TRbzNokkaa+LHVyPfmgWJMKoup", "custinfo"=>{"age"=>"16", "cust_name"=>"jsmith"}, "gender"=>"M","commit"=>"Save"}. It looks like gender does get passed through params, but it's not within the params[:model], in this case params[:custinfo] and that's why the update function wouldn't update this value (because I only had Cust.update_all(params[:custinfo])). My question is that why only this radio button isn't in params[:custinfo], while the other two are? And how can I pass the radio button value inside params[:custinfo]? Thanks!
