Simple Form

1. Simple Form <form action="/product/update" method="post"> Product: <input type="text" name="product"/><br /> Price: <input type="text" name="price" value="49.95"/><br /> <input type="submit" value="Submit"/> </form> CS 142 Lecture Notes: Forms

2. Rails Form Helpers Describes type, provides initial values <%= form_for(@student, :url => {:action => :modify, :id => @student.id}) do |form| %> <%= form.text_field(:name) %> <%= form.text_field(:birth) %> <%= form.submit"Modify Student" %> <% end %> <form action="/student/modify/4" method="post"> <input id="student_name" name="student[name]“ size="30" type="text" value="Chen" /> <input id="student_birth" name="student[birth]“ size="30" type="text" value="1990-02-04" /> <input name="commit" type="submit“ value="Modify Student" /> </form> Object representingform CS 142 Lecture Notes: Forms

3. Customize Format <%= form_for(@student, :url => {:action => :modify, :id =>@student.id}) do |form| %> <table class="form"> <tr> <td><%= form.label(:name, "Name:")%></td> <td><%= form.text_field(:name) %></td> </tr> <tr> <td><%= form.label(:birth, "Date of birth:")%></td> <td><%=form.text_field(:birth) %></td> </tr> ... <table> <%= form.submit"Modify Student" %> <% end %> CS 142 Lecture Notes: Forms

4. Post Action Method Hash with all of form data def modify @student = Student.find(params[:id]) if @student.update_attributes(params[:student]) then redirect_to(:action => :show) else render(:action => :edit) end end Redirects on success Redisplay form on error CS 142 Lecture Notes: Forms

5. Validation (in Model) Built-in validator class Student < ActiveRecord::Basevalidates_format_of:birth, :with => /\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d/, :message => "must have format YYYY-MM-DD" defvalidate_gpa if (gpa < 0) || (gpa > 4.0) then errors.add(:gpa, "must be between 0.0 and 4.0") end end validate :validate_gpa end Custom validation method Saves error info CS 142 Lecture Notes: Forms

6. Error Messages <% @student.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %> <p><%= msg %></p> <% end %> form_for(@student, :url => {:action => :modify, :id =>@student.id}) do |form| %> ... <%= form.label(:birth, "Date of birth:")%> <%= form.text_field(:birth) %> ... <% end %> CS 142 Lecture Notes: Forms

7. File Uploads with Rails <% form_for(:student, :html=>{:multipart => true} :url => {...}) do |form| %> ... <%= form.file_field(:photo) %> ... <% end %> In form post method: params[:student][:photo].read() params[:student][:photo].original_filename CS 142 Lecture Notes: Forms

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