Rails - I need a checkbox to change a field in the DB

Question

I know I have done this before, but for the life of me I can't figure it out.

I have a table with a "called" field in it. I need to use a checkbox to update the db and check if "called" is "true" or not. Doesn't need to be AJAX, just needs to update the field.

table: rsvp field: called

Thanks a ton.

Answer 1

A simple approach without ajax could be using a checkbox inside a form and submitting the form with the checkbox javascript onclick event.

Example:

---

View:

<% form_for @rsvp, :id => "rsvp" do |f| %>
  <%= f.check_box :called, :onclick => "$('#rsvp').submit()" %>
<% end %>

this if you are using JQuery... with prototype the onclick string will be:

$('rsvp').submit()

Controller:

@rsvp = Rsvp.find(params[:id])
if @rsvp.update_attributes(params[:rsvp])
  # success
else 
  # fail
end

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Reference:

check box