Rails clone copy or duplicate

Question

I have a nested form and once I save, I want to be able to click a link on the show page to copy or clone that form and open a new one. From there I should be able to make e

Answer 1

class Foo < ActiveRecord::Base
  def self.clone_from(parent)
    parent = find(parent) unless parent.kind_of? Foo
    foo = self.new
    foo.attributes = parent.attributes
    # if you want to also clone a habtm:
    foo.some_association_ids = parent.some_association_ids
    # etc.
    foo
  end
end

class FoosController < ApplicationController
  def clone
    foo = Foo.clone_from(params[:id])
    respond_with(foo)
  end
end