Successfully changed all of the Participant model to use First Name and Last Name except for Show where it combines them into the Name Field. Everything works.

app/controllers/participants_controller.rb

@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ class ParticipantsController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   def participant_params
-    params.require(:participant).permit(:name, :address, :phone, :email, :mci, :dob, :ssn, :gender, :employer_id)
+    params.require(:participant).permit(:first_name, :last_name, :address, :phone, :email, :mci, :dob, :ssn, :gender, :employer_id)
   end
-
+  
   def employer_params_from_participant(participant)
     {
-      name: participant.name,
+      name: "#{participant.first_name} #{participant.last_name}",
       address: participant.address,
       phone: participant.phone,
       email: participant.email,
@@ -81,4 +81,5 @@ class ParticipantsController < ApplicationController
       gender: participant.gender  # Mapping Gender
     }
   end
+  
 end

app/models/participant.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ class Participant < ApplicationRecord
   # This makes the association to Employer optional
   belongs_to :employer, optional: true
   belongs_to :worker, optional: true
+  validates :first_name, presence: true
+  validates :last_name, presence: true
 
   # Other associations
   has_and_belongs_to_many :programs

app/views/participants/_form.html.erb

@@ -11,10 +11,16 @@
   <% end %>
 
   <div class="mb-3">
-    <%= form.label :name, class: 'form-label' %>
-    <%= form.text_field :name, class: 'form-control' %>
+    <%= form.label :first_name, 'First Name', class: 'form-label' %>
+    <%= form.text_field :first_name, class: 'form-control' %>
   </div>
 
+  <div class="mb-3">
+    <%= form.label :last_name, 'Last Name', class: 'form-label' %>
+    <%= form.text_field :last_name, class: 'form-control' %>
+  </div>
+
+
   <div class="mb-3">
     <%= form.label :address, class: 'form-label' %>
     <%= form.text_area :address, rows: 1, class: 'form-control auto-expand' %>

app/views/participants/index.html.erb

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   <table class="table table-striped table-hover">
     <thead class="table-dark">
       <tr>
-        <th>Name</th>
+        <th>First Name</th>
+        <th>Last Name</th>
         <th>Address</th>
         <th>Phone</th>
         <th>Email</th>
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@
     <tbody>
       <% @participants.each do |participant| %>
         <tr>
-          <td><%= participant.name %></td>
+          <td><%= participant.first_name %></td> 
+          <td><%= participant.last_name %></td> 
           <td><%= participant.address %></td>
           <td><%= participant.phone %></td>
           <td><%= participant.email %></td>

app/views/participants/show.html.erb

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
       <div class="card">
         <div class="card-body">
           <p class="card-text">
-            <strong>Name:</strong>
-            <%= @participant.name %>
+          <strong>Name:</strong>
+          <%= @participant.first_name %> <%= @participant.last_name %>
           </p>
-
+        
           <p class="card-text">
             <strong>Address:</strong>
             <%= @participant.address %>

db/migrate/20240120060936_rename_name_to_first_name_and_add_last_name_to_participants.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class RenameNameToFirstNameAndAddLastNameToParticipants < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  def change
+    rename_column :participants, :name, :first_name
+    add_column :participants, :last_name, :string
+  end
+end

db/schema.rb

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_01_20_051441) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_01_20_060936) do
   create_table "employers", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name"
     t.string "address"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_01_20_051441) do
   end
 
   create_table "participants", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string "name"
+    t.string "first_name"
     t.string "address"
     t.string "phone"
     t.string "email"
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.1].define(version: 2024_01_20_051441) do
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.integer "worker_id"
+    t.string "last_name"
     t.index ["employer_id"], name: "index_participants_on_employer_id"
     t.index ["worker_id"], name: "index_participants_on_worker_id"
   end