ruby on rails 4 simple_form simple_fields_for not rendering html code in nested model

Question

I'm having some trouble getting a form to render correctly for a nested model. Basically, I have 2 models a Question model and an Answer model. The Question models has_many Answers and an Answer belongs_to a Question. So, as per the documentation here and here, I've set up my model, controller and form as follows:

Question Model:

class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
    has_many :answers, :dependent => :destroy
    accepts_nested_attributes_for :answers, :reject_if => lambda {|attrib| attrib[:content].blank? }, :allow_destroy => true
    validate :validate_answers

    def validate_answers
        remaining_answers = answers.reject(&:marked_for_destruction?)
        errors.add :answers, "At least 4 answers are required." if remaining_answers < 4
    end
end

Answer Model:

class Answer < ActiveRecord::Base
    belongs_to :question
end

questions_controller.rb

class QuestionsController < ApplicationController
  before_action :set_question, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]

  # GET /questions
  # GET /questions.json
  def index
    @questions = Question.all
  end

  # GET /questions/1
  # GET /questions/1.json
  def show
  end

  # GET /questions/new
  def new
    @question = Question.new

    4.times { @question.answers.build }

  end

  # GET /questions/1/edit
  def edit
  end

  # POST /questions
  # POST /questions.json
  def create
    @question = Question.new(question_params)

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

  # PATCH/PUT /questions/1
  # PATCH/PUT /questions/1.json
  def update
    respond_to do |format|
      if @question.update(question_params)
        format.html { redirect_to @question, notice: 'Question was successfully updated.' }
        format.json { render :show, status: :ok, location: @question }
      else
        format.html { render :edit }
        format.json { render json: @question.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end
  end

  # DELETE /questions/1
  # DELETE /questions/1.json
  def destroy
    @question.destroy
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html { redirect_to questions_url, notice: 'Question was successfully destroyed.' }
      format.json { head :no_content }
    end
  end

  private
    # Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
    def set_question
      @question = Question.find(params[:id])
    end

    # Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
    def question_params
      params.require(:question).permit()
    end
end

and the app/views/questions/_form.html.erb:

<%= simple_form_for @question do |f| %>
  <%= f.error_notification %>

  <div class="form-inputs">
    <p>
        <%= f.label :question_stem, "Question" %>
        <%= f.text_area :question_stem, :rows => 3 %>
    </p>

    <p>
    <% f.simple_fields_for :answers do |builder| %>
        <%= builder.label :answer_text, "Answer" %><br>
        <%= builder.text_area :answer_text %>   
    <% end %>
    </p>
  </div>


  <div class="form-actions">
    <%= f.button :submit, "Create Question" %>
  </div>
<% end %>

However, when I point my browswer to http://localhost:3000/questions/new this is what I get:

Any idea what is going on? The rails console shows that the request was received and that the form was rendered:

Started GET "/questions/new" for 127.0.0.1 at 2015-08-27 01:03:57 -0500
Processing by QuestionsController#new as HTML
  Rendered questions/_form.html.erb (4.9ms)
  Rendered questions/new.html.erb within layouts/application (17.3ms)
Completed 200 OK in 221ms (Views: 179.1ms | ActiveRecord: 1.2ms)

I'm stumped as to why the fields for the answer model aren't being rendered. Any help is much appreciated!

Answer 1

The problem is because you are missing = here in this line <% f.simple_fields_for :answers do |builder| %>

It should be

<%= f.simple_fields_for :answers do |builder| %>