I have a table on a page, and i want a link to download the table data as a csv. One way to do this would be to have my model class build a file, and pass the filename back to the controller, which uses send_file to send it to the user. But, this seems a bit heavy handed - it's a small amount of data, which is subject to change, and i don't want a load of files hanging around if i can help it.
Is there a simple way to just generate some text and push it back as a file? eg 1) use a simple view which is rendered normally in the controller, and change the link_to tag to download the results instead of render it? (if so, how do i set the filename?) 2) have a normal link_to tag and have the controller build the text itself (it's just going to be an array join effectively) and push the text back as a file. Any advice welcome - thanks! max -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
