hey. thanks for the reply.
my routes.rb does contain: map.resources :categories.
i'm not sure how i would use a form_for in place of the form_tag.
if you look at my form_tag line of code, it reads:
<%# form_tag(params[:id].blank? ? {:action => 'create'} : {:controller
=> 'categories', :action => 'update', :id => @category}) do -%>
I use a ternary operator to execute either the 'create' action or the
'update' action depending on whether or not params or passed. The
idea is that if the params are blank, the form is to create a new
category and thus the fields will be blank. If the params exist, the
form is to update an existing category and thus the fields will be
populated with the current params. the same goes for my submit_tag
code which i've also applied a ternary operator with the same idea in
mind:
<td><%= submit_tag(params[:id].blank? ? 'Create' : 'Update') -%></td>
again, when i click the 'update' button, it redirects me to
http://localhost:3000/users/:id and sends the :id as the action.
thanks,
On Sep 9, 4:10 pm, 0li <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What does your routes.rb look like? Does it have
> map.resources :categories in it?
>
> For the create/update form try:
>
> <% form_for @category do |c| %>
> <%= error_messages_for 'category' -%>
>
> <table>
> <tr>
> <th>Name</th>
> etc...
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td><%= c.text_field :name %></td>
> etc...
> <td><%= submit_tag 'save' %></
> td>
> </tr>
> </table>
> <% end %>
>
> On Sep 8, 6:26 pm,chris<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > i'm having a routing problem with my UPDATE action. I've pasted my
> > CATEGORIES controller and view below. I ran scaffold for categories
> > and i consolidated everything into a single view so that I could show
> > list, create new, edit, destroy all from a single page. my create,
> > destroy actions work and my index view works as expected. my UPDATE
> > action however returns the following:
>
> > Processing CategoriesController#16 (for 127.0.0.1 at 2008-09-08
> > 13:08:22) [POST]
> > Session ID: c05797629988686fd3951de29fca7e24
> > Parameters: {"commit"=>"Update",
> > "category"=>{"name"=>"Entertainment", "description"=>"Latest gossip
> > about your favourite stars12", "short_name"=>"entertainment"},
> > "authenticity_token"=>"b6a61d7dc0890d83a923366cd5c93e672b16f62e",
> > "action"=>"16", "controller"=>"categories"}
>
> > and it identifies the object id as my action and redirects me to /
> > categories/:id. it should redirect me to simply /categories with a
> > flash notice saying my object has been updated. i should also note
> > that it also doesn't save the updated entry to my database.
>
> > I'm running rails 2.1 and I haven't changed my default routes in
> > routes.rb
>
> > Thanks for your help.
>
> > HERE'S MY CONTROLLER
> > class CategoriesController < ApplicationController
>
> > layout 'staff'
>
> > #verify :method => :post, :only => [ :destroy, :create, :update ],
> > #:redirect_to => { :action => :list }
>
> > # GET /categories
> > # GET /categories.xml
> > def index
> > list
> > render :action => 'list'
> > end
>
> > def list
> > @categories = Category.find(:all)
> > @category = Category.find(params[:id]) if params[:id]
> > @category = Category.new if @category.nil?
>
> > #respond_to do |format|
> > #format.html # index.html.erb
> > #format.xml { render :xml => @categories }
> > #end
> > end
>
> > # POST /categories
> > # POST /categories.xml
> > def create
> > @category = Category.new(params[:category])
>
> > respond_to do |format|
> > if @category.save
> > flash[:notice] = 'Category was successfully created.'
> > format.html { redirect_to categories_url }
> > format.xml { render :xml => @category, :status
> > => :created, :location => @category }
> > else
> > format.html { render categories_url }
> > format.xml { render :xml => @category.errors, :status
> > => :unprocessable_entity }
> > end
> > end
> > end
>
> > # PUT /categories/1
> > # PUT /categories/1.xml
> > def update
> > @category = Category.find(params[:id])
>
> > respond_to do |format|
> > if @category.update_attributes(params[:category])
> > flash[:notice] = 'Category was successfully updated.'
> > format.html { redirect_to categories_url }
> > format.xml { render :xml => @category, :status
> > => :created, :location => @category }
> > else
> > format.html { render categories_url }
> > format.xml { render :xml => @category.errors, :status
> > => :unprocessable_entity }
> > end
> > end
> > end
>
> > # DELETE /categories/1
> > # DELETE /categories/1.xml
> > def destroy
> > @category = Category.find(params[:id])
> > @category.destroy
>
> > respond_to do |format|
> > flash[:notice] = 'Category was successfully removed.'
> > format.html { redirect_to categories_url }
> > format.xml { head :ok }
> > end
> > end
>
> > end
>
> > HERE'S MY VIEW --> categories/list.html.erb
> > <% @page_title = 'Categories' -%>
>
> > <%= content_tag('p', link_to('« Back to Menu', :controller =>
> > 'staff', :action => 'menu')) %>
>
> > <table>
> > <tr>
> > <th>Name</th>
> > <th>Short Name</th>
> > <th>Description</th>
> > </tr>
>
> > <% for category in @categories -%>
> > <tr class='<%= cycle('row1', 'row2')%>'>
> > <td><%= h(category.name) -%></td>
> > <td><%= h(category.short_name) -%></td>
> > <td><%= h(category.description) -%></td>
> > <td><%= link_to('Edit', :action => 'list', :id => category) -%></
> > td>
> > <td><%= link_to('Delete', {:action => 'destroy', :id => category},
> > :confirm => 'Are you sure you want to remove this category?',
> > :method
> > => :delete) -%></td>
> > </tr>
> > <% end %>
> > </table>
>
> > <p><%= link_to('New Category', categories_url) %></p>
>
> > <% form_tag(params[:id].blank? ? {:action => 'create'} : {:action =>
> > 'update', :id => @category}) do -%>
> > <%= error_messages_for 'category' -%>
>
> > <table>
> > <tr>
> > <th>Name</th>
> > <th>Short Name</th>
> > <th>Description</th>
> > </tr>
> > <tr>
> > <td><%= text_field(:category, :name, :size => 20)
> > -%></td>
> > <td><%= text_field(:category, :short_name, :size =>
> > 20) -%></td>
> > <td><%= text_field(:category, :description, :size
> > => 40) -%></td>
> > <td><%= submit_tag(params[:id].blank? ? 'Create' :
> > 'Update') -%></
> > td>
> > </tr>
> > </table>
> > <% end %>
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