Forms in partials

Ed Jones

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Jan 5, 2010, 2:25:12 PM1/5/10

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Help, my form has fallen and it won't get up.

I have a page in which a form works just fine--in the main page. If I
extract it to a partial, the same code calls not the desired add_items
method, but a remove_items method.

Indeed, Firebug tells me that my form tag is just not rendered when
its moved to a partial.

What's happening?

The partial is:
<% form_tag(my_digi_add_my_game_path(@my_game)) do %>
<table>
...
</table>
<%= submit_tag "include" %>
<% end %>

Ryan Briones

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Jan 5, 2010, 2:43:12 PM1/5/10

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The only thing "weird" I see is that you shouldn't be accessing instance variables from within your partial. Pass it in as a local if you need access to it. It's possible that Rails enforces this explicitly now, I don't know.

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Ed Jones

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Jan 5, 2010, 10:29:36 PM1/5/10

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A voice from the west!! How's the Windy City this frigid day Ryan?

OK, the problem was that a previous form_tag wouldn't produce a closed
form. Thus the second form_tag (via the partial) generated a form in a
form. Surrounding it with div's somehow solved it, I don't know why.

Thanks for larnin me about locals though. Good to know,

e

On Jan 5, 2:43 pm, Ryan Briones <ryan.brio...@brionesandco.com> wrote:
> The only thing "weird" I see is that you shouldn't be accessing instance
> variables from within your partial. Pass it in as a local if you need access
> to it. It's possible that Rails enforces this explicitly now, I don't know.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Ed Jones <ed.jo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Help, my form has fallen and it won't get up.
>
> > I have a page in which a form works just fine--in the main page. If I
> > extract it to a partial, the same code calls not the desired add_items
> > method, but a remove_items method.
>
> > Indeed, Firebug tells me that my form tag is just not rendered when
> > its moved to a partial.
>
> > What's happening?
>
> > The partial is:
> > <% form_tag(my_digi_add_my_game_path(@my_game)) do %>
> > <table>
> > ...
> > </table>
> > <%= submit_tag "include" %>
> > <% end %>
>
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Mike Busch

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Jan 6, 2010, 10:41:45 AM1/6/10

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@Ed

Is the first form closed with an <% end %>? I would assume that
correcting that issue would make the extra div unnecessary. It would
also eliminate the possibility of different browsers handling the HTML
error differently. Good Luck

-Mike

Ryan Briones

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Jan 6, 2010, 11:22:58 AM1/6/10

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It is definitely frigid! Loving Chicago. Glad I could help in some way. :)

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Ed Jones

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Jan 6, 2010, 2:45:03 PM1/6/10

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Yep, Mike, it had its <% end %>. Tried moving the ends around, adding
one just in case, deleting one just in case.