Saving data in rails session to use in form on next request <p>Let's say I have a table called positions (as in job positions). On the position show page I display all the detail about the job - awesome. At the bottom I need the prospective applicant to input their professional license # before continuing onto the next page which is the actual applicant creation form. I also need to take that license # and have it populate that field on the applicant form (again on the proceeding page).</p> <p>I realize there are a couple ways to do this. Possibly the more popular option would be to store that value in the session. I am curious how to do this in the simplest manner?</p> <p>My idea:</p> <ol> <li>Create a table specifically for license #'s.</li> <li>Add a small form on the position show page to create license # (with validation)</li> <li>Store newly created license in session - not sure what to put in which controller?</li> <li>On applicant creation form populate from session the license #.</li> </ol> <p>This would assume applicants only have one license.</p> <p>Thoughts?</p> <p>Appreciate the help!</p>