I would give a try at this: For resources in routes.rb: map.resources :authors map.resources :documents map.resources :authors, :has_many => :documents
So, documents should be accessible by themselves or as sub-resources of authors. For controllers, both authors and documents should return an index of all of them because you want to pair them up. Or, try using :collection in routes.rb to GET only :unassigned documents (thinking aloud here). Finally, for your Documents view, use Ajax to make a RESTful call to all available Authors and populate a listbox. And when you Submit the form with paired-up Authors and Documents, make it an Ajax POST to authors/auth_id/documents with param doc_id. You'll have to manage also updates and deletes. This was just a plan, I'd like to know if it can work this way. Cheers! On Dec 6, 7:42 am, 乱翻字典 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As you know, the document create page contains the search_author Form > in the right side. And the question is where should i locate the > "search_author" method? > If at DocumentsController, how could i write the url for > "search_author"restful? > If at AuthorsController, how could i connect the AuthorsController > with the view of DocumentsController? > > On 12月6日, 上午12时14分,KlausPieslinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > AFAIK theRESTfulpart is unrelated to the view part. > > REST should deal with resources only, so: > > /documents should return an index of all docs, > > /authors should return an index of all of them, > > then an association should be created when POSTing to /authors/ > > id_from_right_pane/documents/id_from_left_pane. > > It should be usable without defining any view. > > Afterwards, on top of that, build the view. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
