Commits on Feb 4, 2016

1. Get selects to work with ActiveRecord associated records (belongs_to) …

   I have an ActiveRecord model that references another model, and I
   wanted to get Best In Place to create a select dropdown with a list of
   areas for the user.
   For my scenario, I have a Store that belongs to an Area.
   
   In my model I have:
   ```ruby
   class Store < ActiveRecord::Base
     belongs_to :area
   ```
   
   So in my view (I use am using haml):
   ```ruby
   = best_in_place @store, :area, :as => :select, :collection => @areas
   ```
   
   In routes.rb, make sure the stores can be updated:
   ```ruby
   resources :stores, only: [:index, :show, :update] do (etc)
   ```
   
   In stores_controller.rb:
   ```ruby
     def details
       @store = Store.find(params[:id])
       @areas = current_user.visible_areas
       #... etc
     end
   
     def update
       store = Store.find(params[:id])
       store.assign_attributes(update_params)
       store.save!
       respond_with_bip(store)
     end
   
     private
   
     def update_params
       params.require(:store).permit(:id, :area_id) # other fields in here
   of course!
     end
   ```
   
   Please note that the update_params need to be (say) :area_id rather
   than :area to work.
   
   Also I haven't managed to understand what respond_with_bip really does,
   so this might need more coding.

   peterwake committed Feb 4, 2016
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