just tested my code in my last post and worket like a charm :) a zillion thx to JD >:D<
So i guess i'm kinda ready for this type of event huh? :) all my best, radu On Jan 27, 6:40 pm, radu puspana <[email protected]> wrote: > thx again for your time JD. > I did dry the code snippets you gave me, and i also searched the web > for the methods of CGI, and couldn't find it anywhere, including on > railsguides.com and at railsapi.com, which served me fine up till now. > > where should i get the fucntions for CGI? Can ri show them to me?How > do i do that? > > if i understand correctly, regarding the link business : > first > 1) the helper file for products:(the ONLY place where I wanna use it) > requre 'cgi > def format_string_for_google(query) > CGI.escape(query) > end > > 2)the show.html.erb > <%=link_to "google it", ""http://www.google.com /search? > hl=en"as_q=&"as_epq=" + format_string_for_google(@product.author)" > > Is this code here of any good to my problem? > > a billion thx in advance, > radu > On Jan 27, 6:08 pm, Alpha Blue <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Test this out in IRB so you can see what happens: > > > irb > > require 'cgi' > > puts CGI.escape( "J.R.R. Tolkien" ) > > puts CGI.escape( "Jack Daniels" ) > > > You can create a simple helper file that does the formatting for you and > > then use a simple link_tag method to submit the link to google with the > > helper. > > > If you don't understand what I'm saying here then you are not ready to > > do this type of event in rails. You should read up on the very basics > > for using rails athttp://guides.rubyonrails.org/. > > > Take care, > > > JD > > -- > > Posted viahttp://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.
