Saving to another Model database, with current Form record ID - Rails

Question

I'm trying to get the text from a text_area field in a form to save to a database in a different Model with the current Model's ID.

Currently, this works but only will save integers. If I put text into the 'Notes' field, then its saves it as a '0'. I suspect this is working correctly but I'm missing a piece to my puzzle. This is because I only want the 'Ticket' to save the note_id because I will have multiple 'Notes' per 'Ticket.

How can I get the Note to save in the Note Model, with an ID, and associate that note_id with this specific ticket?

Form - /app/views/tickets/_form.html.erb

<%= form_for(@ticket) do |f| %>
<% if @ticket.errors.any? %>
<div id="error_explanation">
<h2><%= pluralize(@ticket.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited this ticket from being saved:</h2>
<ul>
<% @ticket.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %>
<li><%= msg %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
</div>
<% end %>

<div class="field">
  <%= f.fields_for :notes do |u|%>
  <%= u.label :note %>
  <%= u.text_area :note, :size => "101x4", :placeholder => "Leave notes here." %>
<% end %>
</div>

<div class="actions">
   <%= f.submit %>
</div>
<% end %>

Tickets_controller.rb

class TicketsController < ApplicationController
# GET /tickets
# GET /tickets.json
def index
@tickets = Ticket.all

respond_to do |format|
  format.html # index.html.erb
  format.json { render json: @tickets }
end
end

# GET /tickets/1
# GET /tickets/1.json
def show
@ticket = Ticket.find(params[:id])

respond_to do |format|
  format.html # show.html.erb
  format.json { render json: @ticket }
end
end

# GET /tickets/new
# GET /tickets/new.json
def new
@ticket = Ticket.new
@ticket.notes.build

respond_to do |format|
  format.html # new.html.erb
  format.json { render json: @ticket }
end
end

# GET /tickets/1/edit
def edit
@ticket = Ticket.find(params[:id])
end

# POST /tickets
# POST /tickets.json
def create
@ticket = Ticket.new(params[:ticket])

respond_to do |format|
  if @ticket.save
    format.html { redirect_to @ticket, notice: 'Ticket was successfully created.' }
    format.json { render json: @ticket, status: :created, location: @ticket }
  else
    format.html { render action: "new" }
    format.json { render json: @ticket.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
  end
end
end

# PUT /tickets/1
# PUT /tickets/1.json
def update
@ticket = Ticket.find(params[:id])

respond_to do |format|
  if @ticket.update_attributes(params[:ticket])
    format.html { redirect_to @ticket, notice: 'Ticket was successfully updated.' }
    format.json { head :no_content }
  else
    format.html { render action: "edit" }
    format.json { render json: @ticket.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
  end
end
end

# DELETE /tickets/1
# DELETE /tickets/1.json
def destroy
@ticket = Ticket.find(params[:id])
@ticket.destroy

respond_to do |format|
  format.html { redirect_to tickets_url }
  format.json { head :no_content }
end
end
end

Note.rb

class Note < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :ticket
attr_accessible :note, :ticket_id
end

Ticket.rb

class Ticket < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :notes_attributes
accepts_nested_attributes_for :notes
end

Answer 1

It is because note_id is an integer type.

Use nested models: Refer this for Nested Models

Model:

class Ticket < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :notes
  attr_accessible :note_id, :notes_attributes
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :notes
end

View:

<%= form_for(@ticket) do |f| %>
    <%= f.fields_for :notes do |u|%>
      <%= u.label :note %>
      <%= u.text_area :note %>
    <% end %>
    <%= f.submit 'Submit' %>
<% end %>