How to apply tags with acts_as_taggable_on using check boxes?

Question

I would like to assign two different \"types\" of tags (sector categories and free tagging) to a Company model using acts_as_taggable_on. NB: I\'m new to RoR!

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Answer 1

Well, I solved my problem. And it turned out to be quite simple. Alas, I ended up creating a separate Sector model through a joint "sectorizations" table. But if anyone is interested, I just wanted to update on what I did in the case above...

In my company model

# models/company.rb
class Company ...
  acts_as_taggable_on :tags, :sectors
...
end

in the form

# views/companies/_form.html.haml
= simple_form_for @company do |f|
  = f.input :name
  = f.input :sector_list, :as => :check_boxes, :collection => @sectors, :hint => "Please check all that apply"
  = f.input :tag_list
  = f.button :submit, "Add company"

and in the company controller (create)

# controllers/company_controllers.rb
def new
  @company = Company.new
  @sectors = get_sectors
end

def get_sectors
  sectors = []
  for sector in Company.sector_counts
    sectors << sector['name']
  end
  return sectors
end

Answer 2

It seems that act_as_taggable_on uses single table inheritance, so you actually don't need to create any additional tables. However you do need to follow their convention (that they never stated) as follows:

//add to model
attr_accessible :yourfieldname_list
acts_as_taggable_on :yourfieldname

//view
<%= f.text_field :yourfieldname_list %>