Only passing string values

[richarddwalsh]

How can I define that the object is a pointer rather than a string.

No matter what I do, I get the following

111 invalid type for key menu, expected *Menu, but got string

[Rockstage]

I'm struggling for days with the same thing.
I want to be able to pass Numbers and Dates to parse but it only sends Strings.

I managed to save a number field by adding @user.gender = params[:gender].to_i but no matter what number I send from the form, the parse database receives a 0.....

Please help.

[terrybu]

If you are talking about Rails, it might be a strong params issue.

@post.postid = post_params[:postid].to_i

That should work as long as you have the strong params options set correctly in the bottom of your controller. I think it becomes 0 because it's quietly failing.

It shouldn't look like this.
def post_params
params[:post]
end

It should look like this.
def post_params
params.require(:post).permit(:post_boolean, :title, :postid)
end

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27199901/how-to-pass-integer-or-boolean-value-to-params-and-json-through-rails-form/27204612#27204612