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possible to have model in Mongoid/Rails with a field that varies in number?
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowDynamic attributes with Rails and Mongoidcan't get mongoid/rails field to accept input as arrayis “collection” a reserved word in rails 3.2, simple_form or in mongoid/mongodb?Rails Nested Forms and Model Inheritance“Large data” work flows using pandasMongoDB/Mongoid: is it possible to have an index on multiple fields with both unique and dropDups options?Mongoid Scope Check If Array Field Contains ValuePreventing Mongoid 4.0.0 model field coercion of id => _idMongoid + rails 4 - implementing User & Following: uniquness validation of embedded modelNamespace models with mongoid
I'm trying to create a questionnaire app in Rails using Mongoid. I keep stumbling over the database setup because I'm new to things.
I want the users to be able to create questions with the possibility for varying numbers of answers. Some questions might have two possibilities: true, false. Some might have four or five possibilities.
So I've tried to create a question model and an answer model, then embed the answers in the question. I've tried a model with question:string answer-a:string answer-b:string answer-c:string and so on. But both approaches seem stupid and unwieldy.
Is there a way to create a model that allows someone to create a question field and an answer field, but such that the answer field can have multiples? So, create question, add an answer, and keep adding answers until they've finished their multiple choice?
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I'm trying to create a questionnaire app in Rails using Mongoid. I keep stumbling over the database setup because I'm new to things.
I want the users to be able to create questions with the possibility for varying numbers of answers. Some questions might have two possibilities: true, false. Some might have four or five possibilities.
So I've tried to create a question model and an answer model, then embed the answers in the question. I've tried a model with question:string answer-a:string answer-b:string answer-c:string and so on. But both approaches seem stupid and unwieldy.
Is there a way to create a model that allows someone to create a question field and an answer field, but such that the answer field can have multiples? So, create question, add an answer, and keep adding answers until they've finished their multiple choice?
ruby-on-rails mongodb mongoid
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I'm trying to create a questionnaire app in Rails using Mongoid. I keep stumbling over the database setup because I'm new to things.
I want the users to be able to create questions with the possibility for varying numbers of answers. Some questions might have two possibilities: true, false. Some might have four or five possibilities.
So I've tried to create a question model and an answer model, then embed the answers in the question. I've tried a model with question:string answer-a:string answer-b:string answer-c:string and so on. But both approaches seem stupid and unwieldy.
Is there a way to create a model that allows someone to create a question field and an answer field, but such that the answer field can have multiples? So, create question, add an answer, and keep adding answers until they've finished their multiple choice?
ruby-on-rails mongodb mongoid
I'm trying to create a questionnaire app in Rails using Mongoid. I keep stumbling over the database setup because I'm new to things.
I want the users to be able to create questions with the possibility for varying numbers of answers. Some questions might have two possibilities: true, false. Some might have four or five possibilities.
So I've tried to create a question model and an answer model, then embed the answers in the question. I've tried a model with question:string answer-a:string answer-b:string answer-c:string and so on. But both approaches seem stupid and unwieldy.
Is there a way to create a model that allows someone to create a question field and an answer field, but such that the answer field can have multiples? So, create question, add an answer, and keep adding answers until they've finished their multiple choice?
ruby-on-rails mongodb mongoid
ruby-on-rails mongodb mongoid
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If answers are just strings then you could use an array field:
class Question
include Mongoid::Document
#...
field :answers, :type => Array
end
If answers have some internal structure (perhaps you want to track when they were created or changed or whatever), then you could use embeds_many
and two models:
class Question
include Mongoid::Document
#...
embeds_many :answers
end
class Answer
include Mongoid::Document
#...
embedded_in :question
end
Either one will let you work with q.answers
in a natural list-like way so rendering such things is a simple matter of <% q.answers.each do |a| %>
and you could shuffle
the answers to display them in a random order.
Thanks mu. I already made the :type => Array attempt, but what I'm struggling with is the form. I still only get one field for answers. I guess I was hoping that the scaffold would automagically create a little + plus sign next to the answer field. Click that and you get another answer field, and so on until you've got all your answer choices.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 5:14
1
@charliemagee: AFAIK you have to do that yourself, it should only take a couple lines of jQuery, just a quick.clone
and.append
.
– mu is too short
May 9 '12 at 5:36
Thanks mu, I'll try that out.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 17:41
I got the cloning of fields bit to work with$("#plusanswer").prev().clone().insertBefore("#plusanswer");
but I get an error that it's expecting an array not a string. And my last field is the only one it takes. The others are getting ignored.
– charliemagee
May 11 '12 at 2:11
The server is complaining about a string where it expects an array?
– mu is too short
May 11 '12 at 2:45
add a comment |
If you want dynamically generated forms for nested models, I suggest following this RailsCast: http://railscasts.com/episodes/196-nested-model-form-part-1
The RailsCast method uses application helpers to dynamically generate the new objects.
I tend to prefer @mu's method of using jQuery to create form elements. The nice thing about Rails is that, when passing nested attributes, you can give it whatever index you want. And so I'll generate a new form with an index of, say, Time.now.to_s
and no ID parameter. And so my controller receives a parameter that looks like this:
"question" => "answers_attributes" => "1234567" => "description" => "New answer"
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If answers are just strings then you could use an array field:
class Question
include Mongoid::Document
#...
field :answers, :type => Array
end
If answers have some internal structure (perhaps you want to track when they were created or changed or whatever), then you could use embeds_many
and two models:
class Question
include Mongoid::Document
#...
embeds_many :answers
end
class Answer
include Mongoid::Document
#...
embedded_in :question
end
Either one will let you work with q.answers
in a natural list-like way so rendering such things is a simple matter of <% q.answers.each do |a| %>
and you could shuffle
the answers to display them in a random order.
Thanks mu. I already made the :type => Array attempt, but what I'm struggling with is the form. I still only get one field for answers. I guess I was hoping that the scaffold would automagically create a little + plus sign next to the answer field. Click that and you get another answer field, and so on until you've got all your answer choices.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 5:14
1
@charliemagee: AFAIK you have to do that yourself, it should only take a couple lines of jQuery, just a quick.clone
and.append
.
– mu is too short
May 9 '12 at 5:36
Thanks mu, I'll try that out.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 17:41
I got the cloning of fields bit to work with$("#plusanswer").prev().clone().insertBefore("#plusanswer");
but I get an error that it's expecting an array not a string. And my last field is the only one it takes. The others are getting ignored.
– charliemagee
May 11 '12 at 2:11
The server is complaining about a string where it expects an array?
– mu is too short
May 11 '12 at 2:45
add a comment |
If answers are just strings then you could use an array field:
class Question
include Mongoid::Document
#...
field :answers, :type => Array
end
If answers have some internal structure (perhaps you want to track when they were created or changed or whatever), then you could use embeds_many
and two models:
class Question
include Mongoid::Document
#...
embeds_many :answers
end
class Answer
include Mongoid::Document
#...
embedded_in :question
end
Either one will let you work with q.answers
in a natural list-like way so rendering such things is a simple matter of <% q.answers.each do |a| %>
and you could shuffle
the answers to display them in a random order.
Thanks mu. I already made the :type => Array attempt, but what I'm struggling with is the form. I still only get one field for answers. I guess I was hoping that the scaffold would automagically create a little + plus sign next to the answer field. Click that and you get another answer field, and so on until you've got all your answer choices.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 5:14
1
@charliemagee: AFAIK you have to do that yourself, it should only take a couple lines of jQuery, just a quick.clone
and.append
.
– mu is too short
May 9 '12 at 5:36
Thanks mu, I'll try that out.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 17:41
I got the cloning of fields bit to work with$("#plusanswer").prev().clone().insertBefore("#plusanswer");
but I get an error that it's expecting an array not a string. And my last field is the only one it takes. The others are getting ignored.
– charliemagee
May 11 '12 at 2:11
The server is complaining about a string where it expects an array?
– mu is too short
May 11 '12 at 2:45
add a comment |
If answers are just strings then you could use an array field:
class Question
include Mongoid::Document
#...
field :answers, :type => Array
end
If answers have some internal structure (perhaps you want to track when they were created or changed or whatever), then you could use embeds_many
and two models:
class Question
include Mongoid::Document
#...
embeds_many :answers
end
class Answer
include Mongoid::Document
#...
embedded_in :question
end
Either one will let you work with q.answers
in a natural list-like way so rendering such things is a simple matter of <% q.answers.each do |a| %>
and you could shuffle
the answers to display them in a random order.
If answers are just strings then you could use an array field:
class Question
include Mongoid::Document
#...
field :answers, :type => Array
end
If answers have some internal structure (perhaps you want to track when they were created or changed or whatever), then you could use embeds_many
and two models:
class Question
include Mongoid::Document
#...
embeds_many :answers
end
class Answer
include Mongoid::Document
#...
embedded_in :question
end
Either one will let you work with q.answers
in a natural list-like way so rendering such things is a simple matter of <% q.answers.each do |a| %>
and you could shuffle
the answers to display them in a random order.
edited Mar 21 at 18:01
answered May 9 '12 at 4:55
mu is too shortmu is too short
354k58701676
354k58701676
Thanks mu. I already made the :type => Array attempt, but what I'm struggling with is the form. I still only get one field for answers. I guess I was hoping that the scaffold would automagically create a little + plus sign next to the answer field. Click that and you get another answer field, and so on until you've got all your answer choices.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 5:14
1
@charliemagee: AFAIK you have to do that yourself, it should only take a couple lines of jQuery, just a quick.clone
and.append
.
– mu is too short
May 9 '12 at 5:36
Thanks mu, I'll try that out.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 17:41
I got the cloning of fields bit to work with$("#plusanswer").prev().clone().insertBefore("#plusanswer");
but I get an error that it's expecting an array not a string. And my last field is the only one it takes. The others are getting ignored.
– charliemagee
May 11 '12 at 2:11
The server is complaining about a string where it expects an array?
– mu is too short
May 11 '12 at 2:45
add a comment |
Thanks mu. I already made the :type => Array attempt, but what I'm struggling with is the form. I still only get one field for answers. I guess I was hoping that the scaffold would automagically create a little + plus sign next to the answer field. Click that and you get another answer field, and so on until you've got all your answer choices.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 5:14
1
@charliemagee: AFAIK you have to do that yourself, it should only take a couple lines of jQuery, just a quick.clone
and.append
.
– mu is too short
May 9 '12 at 5:36
Thanks mu, I'll try that out.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 17:41
I got the cloning of fields bit to work with$("#plusanswer").prev().clone().insertBefore("#plusanswer");
but I get an error that it's expecting an array not a string. And my last field is the only one it takes. The others are getting ignored.
– charliemagee
May 11 '12 at 2:11
The server is complaining about a string where it expects an array?
– mu is too short
May 11 '12 at 2:45
Thanks mu. I already made the :type => Array attempt, but what I'm struggling with is the form. I still only get one field for answers. I guess I was hoping that the scaffold would automagically create a little + plus sign next to the answer field. Click that and you get another answer field, and so on until you've got all your answer choices.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 5:14
Thanks mu. I already made the :type => Array attempt, but what I'm struggling with is the form. I still only get one field for answers. I guess I was hoping that the scaffold would automagically create a little + plus sign next to the answer field. Click that and you get another answer field, and so on until you've got all your answer choices.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 5:14
1
1
@charliemagee: AFAIK you have to do that yourself, it should only take a couple lines of jQuery, just a quick
.clone
and .append
.– mu is too short
May 9 '12 at 5:36
@charliemagee: AFAIK you have to do that yourself, it should only take a couple lines of jQuery, just a quick
.clone
and .append
.– mu is too short
May 9 '12 at 5:36
Thanks mu, I'll try that out.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 17:41
Thanks mu, I'll try that out.
– charliemagee
May 9 '12 at 17:41
I got the cloning of fields bit to work with
$("#plusanswer").prev().clone().insertBefore("#plusanswer");
but I get an error that it's expecting an array not a string. And my last field is the only one it takes. The others are getting ignored.– charliemagee
May 11 '12 at 2:11
I got the cloning of fields bit to work with
$("#plusanswer").prev().clone().insertBefore("#plusanswer");
but I get an error that it's expecting an array not a string. And my last field is the only one it takes. The others are getting ignored.– charliemagee
May 11 '12 at 2:11
The server is complaining about a string where it expects an array?
– mu is too short
May 11 '12 at 2:45
The server is complaining about a string where it expects an array?
– mu is too short
May 11 '12 at 2:45
add a comment |
If you want dynamically generated forms for nested models, I suggest following this RailsCast: http://railscasts.com/episodes/196-nested-model-form-part-1
The RailsCast method uses application helpers to dynamically generate the new objects.
I tend to prefer @mu's method of using jQuery to create form elements. The nice thing about Rails is that, when passing nested attributes, you can give it whatever index you want. And so I'll generate a new form with an index of, say, Time.now.to_s
and no ID parameter. And so my controller receives a parameter that looks like this:
"question" => "answers_attributes" => "1234567" => "description" => "New answer"
add a comment |
If you want dynamically generated forms for nested models, I suggest following this RailsCast: http://railscasts.com/episodes/196-nested-model-form-part-1
The RailsCast method uses application helpers to dynamically generate the new objects.
I tend to prefer @mu's method of using jQuery to create form elements. The nice thing about Rails is that, when passing nested attributes, you can give it whatever index you want. And so I'll generate a new form with an index of, say, Time.now.to_s
and no ID parameter. And so my controller receives a parameter that looks like this:
"question" => "answers_attributes" => "1234567" => "description" => "New answer"
add a comment |
If you want dynamically generated forms for nested models, I suggest following this RailsCast: http://railscasts.com/episodes/196-nested-model-form-part-1
The RailsCast method uses application helpers to dynamically generate the new objects.
I tend to prefer @mu's method of using jQuery to create form elements. The nice thing about Rails is that, when passing nested attributes, you can give it whatever index you want. And so I'll generate a new form with an index of, say, Time.now.to_s
and no ID parameter. And so my controller receives a parameter that looks like this:
"question" => "answers_attributes" => "1234567" => "description" => "New answer"
If you want dynamically generated forms for nested models, I suggest following this RailsCast: http://railscasts.com/episodes/196-nested-model-form-part-1
The RailsCast method uses application helpers to dynamically generate the new objects.
I tend to prefer @mu's method of using jQuery to create form elements. The nice thing about Rails is that, when passing nested attributes, you can give it whatever index you want. And so I'll generate a new form with an index of, say, Time.now.to_s
and no ID parameter. And so my controller receives a parameter that looks like this:
"question" => "answers_attributes" => "1234567" => "description" => "New answer"
answered May 10 '12 at 20:15
RonRon
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