Rails add value to params with link_to

Question

In my application I created a Job, and on the Job show page I am trying to add the link for creating a Company to be added to that Job:

Company belongs_to Job

In my Job show.html.erb file I have:

<%= link_to "Add Company", new_company_path(:job_id=>@job.id) %>

But, in my Companies controller under new, I have:

@job = params[:job_id]

which returns nill. A check of the params hash shows that my :job_id=>@job.id value is not getting added.

Am I doing something wrong? Or is there some thing with the strong parameters in Rails that I need to edit in order to allow my value to go from the Job show page to the Company controller?

Answer 1

Try this:

on view

<%= link_to "Add Company", new_company_path(job_id: @job.id) %>

on controller

@job = params[:job_id]