Thanks Jeffrey, I had a good feeling this is how it needed to be done. But felt like I was bloating my controller. Now I'm happy knowing I was originally going in the right direction.
Thanks again. brianp On Jan 27, 2:10 am, "Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting brianp <[email protected]>: > > > Hey, > > > If i have a function in my model: > > def mark_sold > > self.update_attribute(:market_status, 'sold') > > end > > > Is it possible for this to be called via an on page link? > > > Then I'd like to ajax it so a user could just scroll down a list > > clicking all links to "mark as sold" as he comes across old inventory. > > Browser requests always are to controller methods. Any other way you are > fighting Rails' MVC opinioned structure. > > Add a method to a controller and the route to config/routes.rb: > > def mark_sold > model = Model.find(params[:id]) > model.mark_sold > render :partial => ..., :object => model > end > > The render should generate the HTML for the changed model instance that the > AJAX will replace. > > HTH, > Jeffrey -- 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.
