How do I use has_many :through and in_place_edit?
- by Angela
I have two Models: Campaign and Contact.
A Campaign has_many Contacts.
A Contact has_many Campaigns.
Currently, each Contact has a contact.date_entered attribute. A Campaign uses that date as the ate to count down to the different Events that belong_to the Campaign.
However, there are situations where a Campaign for a specific Contact may need to be delayed by X number of days. In this instance, the campaigncontact.delaydays = 10.
In some cases, the Campaign must be stopped altogether for the specific Contact, so for now I set campaigncontact.delaydays = 1. (Are there major problems with that?)
By default, I am assuming that no campaigncontact exists (but not sure how that works?)
So here's what I've tried to do:
class Contact < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :campaigncontacts
has_many :campaigns, :through => :campaigncontacts
end
class Campaign < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :campaigncontacts
has_many :contacts, :through => :campaigncontacts
end
script/generate model campaigncontact campaign_id:integer contact_id:integer delaydays:integer
class Campaigncontact < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :campaign
belongs_to :contact
end
So, here's the question: Is the above correct? If so, how do I allow a user to edit the delay of a campaign for a specific Contact.
For now, I want to do so from the Contact View.
This is what I tried:
In the Contact controller (?)
in_place_edit_for :campaigncontact, column.delaydays
And in the View
<%= in_place_editor_field :campaigncontact, :delaydays %>
How can I get it right?
