I have a form, that when POSTed, renders another form. What I would like to do is to pass the parameters from the first form, into certain hidden fields of the second form.
The second form is using a form_for form helper, and what I'm trying to do is to get it to accept the parameters that are being posted to it.
Here's what the form looks like:
<%= form_for(@phone) do |f| %>
<%= f.hidden_field :original_number, params[:original_number] %>
<%= f.hidden_field :name, params[:name] %>
<%= f.hidden_field :twilio_number, number.phone_number %>
<div class="found_list">
<div class="found_phone_number">
<%= f.label :number, number.friendly_name) %>
</div>
<div class="choose_found_number">
<%= f.submit "Choose This Number", :class => "btn btn-large btn-success" %>
</div>
</div>
<hr>
<% end %>
When I do something like
<%= f.hidden_field :original_number, params[:original_number] %>
The action gives me the error:
NoMethodError in Find_numbers#create
Showing C:/Sites/dentist/app/views/phones/new.html.erb where line #17 raised:
undefined method `merge' for "1231231234":String
The "1231231234" is the parameter that is being POSTed to the form, but it doesn't seem to accept it.
Do you have an idea of how I would get the form to accept the parameter?
When I removed the params[], the error doesn't happen, but the parameters also don't populate in the hidden fields.