From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2008-01-28T09:17:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting NameError when trying to create a form with multiple of the same object

On 1/27/08, laredotornado <laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to create a form where a user can submit 5 of the same
> object (named "ec_line_item" with attributes "item_number" and
> "comments").  I'm doing something wrong because I'm getting this
> error:
>
>  NameError in Order#start
> Showing app/views/order/start.rhtml where line #15 raised:
> `@ec_line_item[i]' is not allowed as an instance variable name
>
> Here's my code:
>
> <% for i in 1 .. 5 %>
>    <tr><td>
>        <table>
>          <tr>
>            <td><%= text_field("ec_line_item[i]", "item_number") %></
> td>
>            <td><%= text_field("ec_line_item[i]", "comments") %></td>

I think that these two should be:

      <td><%= text_field("ec_line_item", "item_number", "index" => i %></td>
     <td><%= text_field("ec_line_item", "comments", "index" => i %></td>


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