Rails - has_many build method not saving association - ruby

Question

I'm having some trouble trying to make association works.
My models looks like:
advertise.rb
class Advertise < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
belongs_to :country
has_many :targets
# has_many :hss, :through => :targets
validates :description, :presence => true
validates :url, :presence => true
validates :country_id, :presence => true
validates :kind, :presence => true
attr_accessible :description, :hits, :url, :active, :country_id, :kind
KINDS = {
'1' => 'Commoditie',
'2' => 'Service',
}
HS = {
'1' => 'Section',
'2' => 'Chapter',
'4' => 'Heading',
'5' => 'SubHeading 1',
'6' => 'SubHeading 2',
}
end
hs.rb
class Hs < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :code, :kind
has_many :targets
has_many :advertises, :through => :targets
end
target.rb
class Target < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :advertise_id, :hs_id
belongs_to :advertise
belongs_to :hs
end
advertises_controller.rb
def new
#advertise = Advertise.new
#countries = Country.all
end
def create
#advertise = current_user.advertises.build(params[:advertise])
if #advertise.save
flash[:notice] = 'Advertise created with successful'
redirect_to root_path
else
render :new
end
end
the form for creating a new Ad.
/advertises/new.html.haml
%table.table.table-striped
%tr
%td{:colspan => 2}= advertise.input :url, :required => true
%tr
%td{:colspan => 2}= advertise.input :description, :required => true, :as => :text, :input_html => { :cols => 50, :rows => 3 }
%tr
%td{:colspan => 2}= advertise.input :country_id, :collection => #countries, :as => :select, :label => 'Origin', :required => true
%tr
%td{:colspan => 2}= advertise.input :kind, :collection => Advertise::KINDS.map(&:reverse), :as => :select, :label => 'Type', :required => true
%tr
%td{:colspan => 2}= advertise.input_field :active, as: :boolean, inline_label: 'Active'
=fields_for :targets do |target|
%tr
%td= select_tag :hs_kind, options_for_select(Advertise::HS.map(&:reverse).insert(0,'') )
%td= target.select :hs_id, ''
The hash params:
[3] pry(#<AdvertisesController>)> params
=> {"utf8"=>"✓",
"authenticity_token"=>"fOdn4NYLg/4HXruWURZPf9DYVT4EQzbaTRTKZvX1ugY=",
"advertise"=>
{"url"=>"http://test.com",
"description"=>"test",
"country_id"=>"17",
"kind"=>"2",
"active"=>"1"},
"hs_kind"=>"2",
"targets"=>{"hs_id"=>"487"},
"commit"=>"Create Advertise",
"action"=>"create",
"controller"=>"advertises"}
The hash seems ok to me, but it creates only the Advertise, and not creates the target for the advertise associated.
Any though? Maybe a wrong model association.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

try changing
=fields_for :targets do |target|
to
= advertise.fields_for :targets do |target|
and add the following to advertise.rb
accepts_nested_attributes_for :targets
attr_accessible :targets_attributes # just add targets_attributes to attr_accessible
be warned that when you do this, advertise objects that has no targets will not show the fields for targets. you have to build a new target object associated to advertise in order to show the fields
# example: on the new action of the controller
#advertise = Advertise.new
#advertise.targets.build