IMO you are on the right way. Pass a sort_by parameter to your index action and use it as :order option for your News.find method..
lg // andreas -- DynamicDudes Lightweight Ruby on Rails application development http://dynamicdudes.com http://rubyphunk.com On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 4:14 PM, bingo bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got a puzzle question. > > I've got a load of news_items that I find and sort by date in my > controller and then display in the view. Works just fine. I do this in > the index action. > > It appears as tabular information, with column headings. As I say by > default I'm sorting by date. > > What I'd like to do is after the list is rendered in the view, I'd like > to offer the user the ability to click on a different column heading to > sort by that column. > > e.g. allow the user to sort by news_item.stock.sector > > What I think I need is a link_to helper at the top for each column > heading to pass something back to the index action of the controller so > that I can repopulate the @news_items with a newly sorted list (as the > user clicks different column headings). > > Am I on the right lines? > > Can anyone help me do this? > > Thanks > > > bb > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
