I know the issue has to do with Rails trying to turn [:street] into an integer because it is treating params([:address][:street]) as an array instead of as a hash.
Here is the full line that is throwing the error:
@address = Address.where(street: params([:address][:street])).first_or_create
This should be taking a nested input field :address.street from my form and search the table addresses for it. It works if I hard code in a string to search for, but not when I try to pass it a parameter from the form.
Suggestions?
Edit:
The line that is giving me the error has been updated and now reads:
@address = Address.where(street: params[:address][:street]).first_or_create
It now gives me: "undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass"
Solved:
I needed to add [:client] so the controller would know to find [:address][:street].
The working line is:
@address = Address.where(street: params[:client][:address][:street]).first_or_create
It now will look up the street when creating the client, and if the street is there, it will pass back that id so I can assign it to the client's address_id field, or it will create a new street if it doesn't already exist and will pass back that id for me to use instead.