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    <p>I have a simple app with a single model (task) and a single attribute (name).</p> <h1>app/views/tasks/_form.html.erb</h1> <pre><code>&lt;%= form_tag :action =&gt; 'create' %&gt; &lt;div id="dynamicInput"&gt; Task Name &lt;input type="text" name="task[name][]"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;input type="button" value="Add New Tag" onClick="addInput('dynamicInput');"&gt; &lt;%= submit_tag "Create"%&gt; </code></pre> <h1>app/assets/javascripts/application.js</h1> <pre><code>var counter = 1; function addInput(divName){ var newdiv = document.createElement('div'); newdiv.innerHTML = "Task Name &lt;input type='text' name='task[name][]'&gt;"; document.getElementById(divName).appendChild(newdiv); counter++; } </code></pre> <p>The code above allows me to add as many fields as I like. I am able to enter a single name, but if I dynamically add 2 fields, here are what my params look like...</p> <pre><code>Started POST "/tasks" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-07-25 12:36:57 -0400 Processing by TasksController#create as HTML Parameters: {"utf8"=&gt;"✓", "authenticity_token"=&gt;"PnTQnxM3GFRtqkXi09jLH8UJBiaRCI0chSZ716cVWJ0=", "task"=&gt;{"name"=&gt;["name1", "name2"]}, "commit"=&gt;"Create"} (0.1ms) begin transaction SQL (5.6ms) INSERT INTO "tasks" ("created_at", "name", "updated_at") VALUES (?, ?, ?) [["created_at", Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:36:57 UTC +00:00], ["name", ["name1", "name2"]], ["updated_at", Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:36:57 UTC +00:00]] (153.1ms) commit transaction Redirected to http://localhost:3000/tasks/1 Completed 302 Found in 165ms (ActiveRecord: 158.7ms) </code></pre> <p>I want a separate task/name for each name I enter.</p>
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    1. COI think field should be named `task[name][]`. Why are you not using Rails form helpers? - life's way easier with them.
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    2. COis name set as an accessible attribute on your model?
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    3. COThanks Michael, making that change allowed me to submit a single task name. I updated my question. Now if I insert a 2nd name, I do not get two separate tasks. Ideas? Also, I am open to form helpers.
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