Rails I18n accepts_nested_attributes_for and error_messages_for

Question

I've got two models

class SurveyResponse
  has_many :answers, :class_name => SurveyResponseAnswer.name
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :answers
end

class SurveyResponseAnswer
  belongs_to :survey_response
  validates_presence_of :answer_text
end

In my nested form if validation fails I get this error displayed on the screen:

"answers answer text can't be blank"

I've customized my attribute names somewhat successfully using rails I18n. It doesn't behave exactly how I would expect though. The yml file below doesn't affect how the attribute name is printed in error_messages_for

en: 
  activerecord:
    models:
      survey_response:
        answers: "Response"

But if from script/console I try
SurveyResponse.human_attribute_name("answers")

I get the expected result of "Response".

What I'd like to do is have the validation error message say:

"Response answer text can't be blank". Any ideas what I need to fix?

Answer 1

Try this:

en: 
  activerecord:
    models:
      survey_response:
        answers:
          answer_text: "Response"

I am using Rails 3 and this is working for me (my i18n file is a bit different, using "attributes" instead of models. I don't know if this works in 2.3)

en: 
  activerecord:
    attributes:
      survey_response:
        answers:
          answer_text: "Response"

Before that I was trying to create a attribute in the yml called "answers_answer_text" but it was not working.

I hope this solves your issue.

Answer 2

As of Rails 3.2.0, the i18n yaml has changed to

en: 
  activerecord:
    attributes:
      survey_response:
        foo: "Foo"
      survey_response/answers:
        answer_text: "Response"

(Note the slash.) This also permits you to define an attribute name on the collection itself, e.g.

en: 
  activerecord:
    attributes:
      survey_response:
        foo: "Foo"
        answers: "Ripostes"
      survey_response/answers:
        answer_text: "Response"

Source: https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/3859