Ralph Shnelvar wrote:
> Colin Law wrote:
>> I think maybe you cannot include query terms in form_for :url.  An
>> alternative is to use hidden fields in the form.
> 
> Colin, thank you.   You appear to be correct.
> 
> So for the next poor person fighting to get internationalization to work
> (I18n.  See http://guides.rubyonrails.org/i18n.html Section 2.3 Setting
> and Passing the Locale) ..
> 
> form_for cannot be, uh, "internationalized" because the various flavors
> of url_for that I18n hooks will have the locale parameter disappear if a
> form, any form, is used. It appears not to be an ruby/rails/I18n problem
> but an arcane "problem" in html.
> 
> Thus ... if you want to pass a couple of extra parameters when using
> form_for ... you can do what I did.  I'm pasting in my adlterated code:
> 
> - - - - - - -
> <% form_for @countryToSearchFor,
>      :url => signed_in_path(:action => "show", :id =>
> 'connected_to_country'),
>      :html => {:method => :get} do |f| %>
>   <input type="hidden" name="locale" value="<%= params[:locale] %>" >
>   <input type="hidden" name="somename" value="someothervalue" >
[...]

Why not store the locale in the session, instead of passing around 
hidden fields?

Best,
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Marnen Laibow-Koser
http://www.marnen.org
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