Problem with polymorphic association in Rails
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18-09-2019 - |
Question
I am trying to follow Ryan Bates screencast but have an error message. I did the following:
1) Create table
class CreateComments < ActiveRecord::Migration
def self.up
create_table :comments do |t|
t.references :commentable, :polymorphic => true
2) Setup models
class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :commentable, :polymorphic => true
class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
has_and_belongs_to_many :categories
has_many :comments, :as => :commentable
class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
has_and_belongs_to_many :products
has_many :comments, :as => :commentable
3) Change controller show action
class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
def show
@category = Category.find_by_permalink(params[:id])
@commentable = @category
@comment = Comment.new(:commentable => @category)
end
4) Add a form to template views/categories/show.html.erb
<% form_for [@commentable, Comment.new] do |f| %>
<p>
<%= f.label :name %><br />
<%= f.text_field :name %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.label :content %><br />
<%= f.text_area :content %>
</p>
<p>
<%= f.submit 'Submit' %>
</p>
<% end %>
5) After that I get error message by accessing /categories/my-category-permalink
NoMethodError in Categories#show
undefined method `category_comments_path' for #<ActionView::Base:0x69a9254>
Could you help me to understand what I did wrong? In the original screencast Ryan accesses comments by /categories/permalink/comments using nested associations, but I don't need that. I want to write comments directly from my polymorphic objects. Thanks
Solution
The problem was in routes settings. I thought that since I don't use nested resources, I can keep routes unchanged. Well, now I know that I was wrong... :) Add this to fix the problem:
map.resources :categories :has_many => :comments
map.resources :products, :has_many => :comments