Ive since updated my controller to :id THe posts delete fine, until there are no posts left for that id to delete, then I get the error: Showing app/views/user/index.html.erb where line #40 raised:
Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id I need an if posts.exists? or someting similar to allow the page to render regardless of the number of posts... On 5 Dec, 17:49, Rick DeNatale <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 10:40 AM, RubyonRails_newbie > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello there, > > > I am looking to be able to delete posts from within my account page. > > > I have a destroy action within the posts controller, which looks like > > this: > > > def destroy > > �...@post = Post.find(params[:user_id]) > > �[email protected] > > > respond_to do |format| > > format.html { redirect_to :controller => "profile"} > > format.xml { head :ok } > > end > > end > > > And I also have the button which is clicked to delete a post. > > > <% form_tag(:controller => "posts", :action => "destroy", :confirm => > > 'Are you sure?') do %> > > <%= submit_tag("Delete") %> > > > However - when i click 'delete' I get the following error: > > > ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound in PostsController#destroy > > > Couldn't find Post without an ID > > > I changed '@post = Post.find(params[:user_id])' to only have :id as a > > param, but that returned with the same issue. > > > Can anyone help? > > I see two problems here. > > 1) In the controller you are using params[:user_id] when it should be > params[:id] > > 2) Your form isn't telling the controller what to delete. > instead of > <% form_tag(:controller => "posts", :action => "destroy", :confirm => > 'Are you sure?') do %> > <%= submit_tag("Delete") %> > <% end %> > > maybe > > <% form_for @post, :url => {:action => 'destroy'} do %> > <%= submit_tag("Delete", :confirm => 'Are you sure?' %> > <% end %> > -- > Rick DeNatale > > Blog:http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/ > Twitter:http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale > WWR:http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale > LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale -- 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.
