First of all, I've done a fair amount of looking around, and while questions get around answers, I have a problem I think is somewhat unique. I have a list of checkboxes generated with the following code:
<% for student in Student.find(:all) %>
<div>
<%= check_box_tag "user[student_ids][]", student.id, current_user.students.include (student) %>
<%= student.name %>
</div>
<% end %>
After clicking the 'update' button at the bottom, I need each of the checked boxes to be placed into an array. I then plan on iterating over the array and doing some work on each of the checked names. I am having a hard time, however, with the process of getting these names all into an array. I really am not sure which of the standard web actions this kind of work should be (i.e, post, get, etc.), so I don't know how to set up a route. Even if I could set up a route to a controller, how would I get the checked students into an array of Student objects?
Thanks ahead of time for your help!