Rails clone copy or duplicate

Question

I have a nested form and once I save, I want to be able to click a link on the show page to copy or clone that form and open a new one. From there I should be able to make e

Answer 1

Also worth mentioning is the dup method on a model. It makes a copy with all attributes and outgoing relations but sets id to nil. Like this (borrowing code from Naren Sisodiya):

def create_from_existing
  @existing_post = Post.find(params[:id])
  #create new object with attributes of existing record 
  @post = @existing_post.dup
  render "your_post_form"
end