Rails accepts_nested_attributes_for. Use reject_if for rejecting the object by using attributes of the parent object

Question

I have two models on rails. The first is the patient model

class Patient

attr_accessible :name, :age, :sex, :female_attributes
has_one :female, dependent => :destroy
accepts_nested_attributes_for :female, allow_destroy => true

end

The second model holds extra info for female patients

class Female
belongs_to :patient
attr_accessible :patiend_id, :pregrnant_now: :childbirths
end

Note: I didn't create the db schema and i can't change it.

So my question is: how can i reject the female object from being saved in the db by checking the :sex attribute in the patient object?

I tried

reject_if => lambda { |a| a['sex'].to_i == 0 ) }

but it didn't work. ( sex is an integer and gets 0 for Male and 1 for Female )

Any thoughts??

This might be helpful. It worked for me in a similar situation. — pdoherty926
– pdoherty926, Commented Mar 27, 2013 at 17:11
I tried :before_add => :evaluate_sex and in my patient class i put def evaluate_sex(female) if female.patient.sex == 0 return true else return false end end But it didn't work. — Michael
– Michael, Commented Mar 27, 2013 at 17:51
Solved!!! I added an after_save callback which calls the check_sex functions that destroys the saved female record from the db if its parent object has sex filed set to Male ( if self.patient.sex ==0 self.destroy) — Michael
– Michael, Commented Mar 27, 2013 at 18:34

ltrainpr · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-11 23:45:23Z

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I know this is old, but I just came across the same problem. You can use reject_if and pass a symbol in your patient model.

class Patient

  attr_accessible :name, :age, :sex, :female_attributes
  has_one :female, dependent => :destroy
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :female,
    reject_if: :female_patient?, 
    allow_destroy => true

  def female_patient?
    self.sex.to_i == 1
  end
end

answered Jan 11, 2016 at 23:45

ltrainpr

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