Yup.
This is *exactly* why you can do
map.resources :apartments, :collection => {:update_all => :put}
Like every convention, there are problems, and there are solutions to that
problem. Think about ActiveRecord. There are a few edge cases where the
conventions just break down. But just because you can't do *everything* with
AciveRecord doesn't mean you throw it out and do everything with DBI and
execute. :)
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Rob Lacey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> I think in that situation I'd have an 'update_multiple' controller
> action, and declare a custom route, it can still be RESTful because
> you'd use a PUT to update the group of items. It gets fiddly to work
> with if you have something more complex than the basics. I do agree that
> REST isn't always the solution and simply isn't the solution in some cases.
>
> RobL
>
> Rob Nichols wrote:
> > Brian,
> >
> > Thank you for your very nice over-view of using REST.
> >
> > However, I think it also demonstrates one of the problems with the
> > Rails' REST system. It simplifies things when you have a
> > straight-forward requirement, but complicates them if you need to do
> > something outside that model.
> >
> > For example, how do you handle a situation where you need to allow a
> > user to modify multiple instances of an object within a single list
> > view? Do you really want your user to go through a complete 'list, edit,
> > update, list' sequence twenty times to change one field on each of
> > twenty items? Far better I believe to present a
> > single list of the twenty items and let them submit the changes to all
> > twenty in one form submission.
> >
>
>
> >
>
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