Rails: enable index with fields_for form helper

Question

I am trying to build two models from the same form using the fields_for method. My code is as follows:

<% for scale in @event.scales %>
  <% f.fields_for "scale[]", scale do |scale_form| %>
    <p>
      Scale<br />
      <%= scale_form.label :name %>
      <%= scale_form.text_field :name %>
      <%= scale_form.label :price %>
      <%= scale_form.text_field :price %>
    </p>
  <% end %>
<% end %>

but unfortunately there are no scale identifiers in the html output:

<p>
  Scale<br />
  <label for="event_scale__name">Name</label>
  <input id="event_scale__name" name="event[scale][][name]" size="30" type="text" />
  <label for="event_scale__price">Price</label>
  <input id="event_scale__price" name="event[scale][][price]" size="30" type="text" />
</p>

...

Here is the appropriate controller and model:

class EventsController < ApplicationController
  ...

  def new
    @event = Event.new
    @providers = Provider.find(:all, :order => :name)
    3.times { @event.scales.build }
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html
    end
  end

  ...
end


class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :scales

  ...
end

what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Fields_for is not a method for a closing form object, so change f.fields_forto simple fields_for.