Submit two forms from 1a page

Is it possible to have one view with 2 forms in it and submit both forms at the same time?

I don't want to use nested forms.

For example:

I have :

Model Survey
|_question_id
|_answers_id 

Model Question:
|_text

Model Answer
|_text

Is it possible to do that without nested forms? For example I want to create a NEW question (Form 1) and a NEW answer (Form 2) and in the create method in the Controller I will create a new Survey and MANUALLY a开发者_JAVA技巧ssign the question_id and answers_id to the newly created question and answer accordingly!

Thanks

A better approach would be to use accepts_nested_attributes_for to build all three models via one form submission.

Set your models up like so:

class Survey < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_one :question
  has_many :answers

  accepts_nested_attributes_for :question, :answers
end

class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :survey
end

class Answer < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :survey
end

Then you can write your form using rails helpers like this:

<%= form_for @survey do |form| %>
  <%= form.fields_for :question do |question_form| %>
   <%= question_form.text_field :question
  <% end %>
  <%= form.fields_for :answers do |answer_form| %>
   <%= question_form.text_field :answer
  <% end %>
  <%= form.submit %>
<% end %>

In the controller action that will render the form you need to build the new records in memory like this:

class SurveyController < ApplicationController
  def new
    @survey = Survey.new
    @survey.build_question
    @survey.answers.build
  end
end

You can read more about accepts_nested_attributes_for here: http://ryandaigle.com/articles/2009/2/1/what-s-new-in-edge-rails-nested-attributes