thanks .. got it.. see my answer to Colin....    the doc info  is not
obvious... I had to read between lines and test test test ...many
different options to watch the generated html....    but  it works
well now...  ( I keep the 'recipe' in my NoteTaker ;-)))

On 10 oct, 20:18, Cris Shupp <[email protected]> wrote:
> Erwin,
>
> If I understand what you are trying to do then I was trying to solve a
> similar but lesser problem.  How to send form data from one method in a
> controller to another method in the same controller Iit does seem to
> work for your case though).  Here is a sample erb:
>
> gather.html.erb
> <h1>Gathering transient data</h1>
> <% form_tag('transient/show') do %><!--sends to the show method of the
> transient controller-->
>   <p>
>     <b>First Name</b><br />
>   <%= text_field_tag "firstname", TransientData.firstname %>
>   <br/><b>Last Name</b><br />
>   <%= text_field_tag "lastname", TransientData.lastname %>
>   <%= submit_tag "Submit" %>
>   </p>
> <%end%>
>
> show.html.erb
>
> <h1>Gathering transient data</h1>
> <% form_tag('/transient/gather')  do%> <!--and back to gather-->
>   <p>
>     <b>First Name</b><br />
>   <%= TransientData.firstname %>
>   <br/><b>Last Name</b><br />
>   <%= TransientData.lastname %>
>   <%= submit_tag "Submit" %>
>   </p>
>
> <%end%>
>
> If I change either erb file's line:
>
> <% form_tag('/someothermodel/somemethod')
>
> It did swap form data between controllers.
>
> I hope I understood your question.  I am new to ruby.
>
> Cris
>
>
>
> Kad Kerforn wrote:
> > @trainee is an instance of User class
>
> > my form partial code :
>
> > <% form_for :@trainee, :html => {:class => 'generalform'} do |form| %>
> >   <%= render :partial => "form", :object => form %>
> >    <%= form.submit "Register", :class => 'go' %>&nbsp;<%= link_to
> > 'Cancel', trainees_path %>
> > <% end %>
>
> > the generated html is obviously :
> > <form id="new_user" class="generalform" method="post" action="/users">
>
> > but I would like to send it to a trainee_controller  (rather than to
> > user_controller... )
>
> > (don't want to subclass, I am using roles, and a trainee is a user
> > with 'trainee' role
>
> > is it possible ?if yes, how should I proceed ?
>
> > many thanks ba
> > erwin
>
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