Displaying many-to-many using select multiple - ruby-on-rails-4

Question

right now im building a form that accepts a many to many using a select multiple. after creating the form, im trying to display the information collected in the SHOW page however i dont know how to display that data in embedded ruby. join model is CardTypesList
Models
class Card < ActiveRecord::Base
self.inheritance_column = nil
validates :name, presence: true, uniqueness: {case_sensitive: false}
has_many :card_type_lists
has_many :card_types, through: :card_type_lists
accepts_nested_attributes_for :card_type_lists
end
class CardType < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :card_type_lists
has_many :cards, through: :card_type_lists
end
class CardTypeList < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :cards
belongs_to :card_types
accepts_nested_attributes_for :card_type
end
NEW form using select
<%= f.label :types %>
<%= f.select :card_type_ids, CardTypes.all.collect{|x| [x.name, x.name]}, {},{:title => "Select a Type", :multiple => true, :class => 'selList'} %>
Embedded ruby trials
<td class="card-td"><%= #card.card_types %></td>
Expected: ["Type 1", "Type2"]
this renders the page, but yields (in text):
<ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy::ActiveRecord_Associations_CollectionProxy_CardTypes:0x00000102f58a18>
EDIT: schema added.
ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20140120042152) do
create_table "card_type_lists", force: true do |t|
t.integer "card_type_id"
t.integer "card_id"
t.datetime "created_at"
t.datetime "updated_at"
end
create_table "card_types", force: true do |t|
t.string "name"
t.datetime "created_at"
t.datetime "updated_at"
end
create_table "cards", force: true do |t|
t.string "name"
t.string "set"
t.string "card_types"
t.string "colors"
t.string "cost"
t.string "rarity"
t.string "oracle"
t.float "value"
t.integer "number_owned"
t.string "notes"
t.string "img_link"
t.datetime "created_at"
t.datetime "updated_at"
t.integer "types_mask"
end
add_index "cards", ["name"], name: "index_cards_on_name", unique: true
end
and this is my controller:
class CardsController < ApplicationController
def new
#card = Card.new
#card.card_type_lists.build.build_card_type
end
def show
#card = Card.find(params[:id])
end
def create
#card = Card.new(card_params)
if #card.save
redirect_to #card
else
render 'new'
end
end
private
def card_params
params.require(:card).permit(:name, :set, {:card_types => []}, :color, :cost, :rarity,:oracle,:value, :number_owned,:notes)
end
end

Answer 1

Should be:
class CardTypeList < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :card
belongs_to :card_type #Singular
end
Some more things to think about:
Does your join model have the correct columns?
You should use accepts_nested_attributes_for
Look at how you're calling the data
Schema
Join models in has_many :through have to have foreign_key references to both models they're joining. The way you do this is to use a schema like this:
card_types_lists
id | card_id | card_type_id | other | information | created_at | updated_at
When you mentioned the error no such column: card_type_lists.card_types_id, it generally means you either don't have the correct column in the db, or your reference is incorrect. Looking at it, it's your association (referencing plural instead of singular)(fixed above)
Forms
Something you should consider is using accepts_nested_attributes_for to send the correct data to the nested models
This is when you want to create some records in either model, and works by allowing you to define "new" objects for your other models in your parent model, passing the data to your child models, like this:
#app/models/card.rb
Class Card < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :card_type_lists
has_many :card_types, through: :card_type_lists
accepts_nested_attributes_for :card_type_lists
end
#app/models/card_type_list.rb
Class CardTypeList < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :card
belongs_to :card_type
accepts_nested_attributes_for :card_type
end
#app/controllers/cards_controller.rb
def new
#card = Card.new
#card.card_types_lists.build.build_card_type
end
Data
If you want to show your associative data correctly, you should try this:
#app/views/cards/show.html.erb
<%= #card.card_types %>