I am trying to create a contact which is a has_one relation to a client. I am doing this with nested attributes. I am properly building the contact within the "new" view/controller. When I go to save the contact it is telling me the contact must be present. So for some reason it is not creating the contact.

ERROR:

Validation failed - Contact can't be blank.

Params:

{
"utf8"=>"✓",
"authenticity_token"=>"ep6es356WY5dja7D7C5Kj8Qc0Yvuh3IN2Z1iGG08J7c=",
"client"=>{
"contact_attributes"=>

{ "first_name"=>"Scott", "last_name"=>"Baute" }

,
},
"commit"=>"Create Client"
}

Models:

class Client
include Mongoid::Document
include Mongoid::Timestamps

attr_accessible :role, :contact_id, :contact_attributes

1. Relationships
   #belongs_to :firm, validate: true
   has_one :contact, validate: true, autosave: true

1. Matters is custom relationship
   #has_many :client_roles

1. Nested Attr
   accepts_nested_attributes_for :contact

validates :contact_id, presence: true

1. Fields
   field :contact_id
   field :test
   end

class Contact
include Mongoid::Document
include Mongoid::Timestamps
include Mongoid::MultiParameterAttributes

#Relationships
belongs_to :client

field :first_name
field :last_name

end

Controller:

1. GET /clients/new
2. GET /clients/new.json
   def new
   @client = current_firm.clients.new

respond_to do |format|
format.html # new.html.erb
format.json

{ render json: @client }

end
end

1. POST /clients
2. POST /clients.json
   def create
   @client = current_firm.clients.new(params[:client])

respond_to do |format|
if @client.save!
format.html

{ redirect_to client_path(@client.contact.id), notice: 'Client was successfully created.' }

format.json

{ render json: @client, status: :created, location: @client }

else
format.html

{ render action: "new" }

format.json

{ render json: @client.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }

end
end
end

View:

• @client.build_contact unless @client_contact
  = semantic_form_for @client, html: { class: "form-horizontal"}

  do |f|
  .control-group
  = render "contact_fields", f: builder
  .form-actions
  = f.submit class: "btn btn-primary"