I got it to work by creating a comments_controller.rb file and using the same action definitions as the section3_controller
I'm not sure why i had to make a new controller though. But, thanks for the help On Oct 14, 7:09 pm, aperture science <[email protected]> wrote: > Internet::Application.routes.draw do |map| > get "internets/index" > get "section4/index" > get "section3/index" > get "section2/index" > get "section1/index" > get "science/index" > resources :users > resources :comments > map.connect '/blog/new', :controller => 'section3', :action => 'new' > get 'login(.:format)' => 'user_session#new', :as => :login > post 'login(.:format)' => 'user_session#create', :as => :login > delete 'logout(.:format)' => 'user_session#destroy', :as => :logout > get "home/index" > root :to => "home#index" > map.logout 'logout', :controller => 'user_session', :action => > 'destroy' > map.logout 'logout', :controller => 'user_session', :action => > 'destroy' > map.edit 'edit', :controller => 'users', :action => 'edit' > map.internets 'internets', :controller => 'internets', :action => > 'index' > map.section4 'random', :controller => 'section4', :action => 'index' > map.section3 'blog', :controller => 'section3', :action => 'index' > map.section2 'artistry', :controller => 'section2', :action => > 'index' > map.section1 'home', :controller => 'section1', :action => 'index' > end > > Thats the entirety of it. The area that is giving me trouble is in > the 'section3' controller > > I can post comments from the console, and they do then show up in the > index. > > and when I use "form_for :comments" the log shows the data being > posted, but there's no INSERT INTO being executed > > It seems like the form is not reading from the controller > > thanks for the help > > On Oct 14, 6:26 pm, Erol Fornoles <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Can you post your route setup again? > > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 4:31 AM, aperture science > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Thanks, that gets the comment form loading. > > > > I added: > > > > def create > > > �...@comment = Comment.new(params[:comments]) > > > > respond_to do |format| > > > if @comment.save > > > format.html { redirect_to('/', :notice => 'comment posted') } > > > format.xml { render :xml => @comment, :status > > > => :created, :location => @comment } > > > else > > > format.html { render :action => "new" } > > > format.xml { render :xml => @comment.errors, :status > > > => :unprocessable_entity } > > > end > > > end > > > end > > > > to my controller1_controller.rb file, and now when I click the submit > > > button, I get the following error > > > "uninitialized constant CommentsController" > > > > Despite the redirect_to('/', ...) the page is redirecting to /comments > > > > On Oct 14, 6:26 am, Erol Fornoles <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hmmm wait, I just noticed something. Could you rename your Comments > > > > model to Comment (from plural to singular). Don't forget to rename the > > > > model file (comments.rb to comment.rb) > > > > > On 10/14/10 8:52 PM, aperture science wrote: > > > > > > I'm still getting the "undefined method `comments_index_path'" error > > > > > > The extracted source points at: > > > > > <%= form_for(@comment) do |format| %> > > > > > > I cannot find where that method would be being called from > > > > > even..."comments_index_path" only appears in the development.log > > > > > > On Oct 14, 3:08 am, Erol Fornoles <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> You were using a singular resource when you should have defined a > > > plural > > > > >> one. Also, you can specify the controller on your RESTful route > > > instead > > > > >> of having to create a separate map.connect or match: > > > > > >> resources :comments, :controller => 'controller1' > > > > > >> I recommend that you use consistent naming with your controllers and > > > > >> routes though. > > > > > >> HTH > > > > > >> On 10/14/10 5:53 PM, aperture science wrote: > > > > > >>> I'm trying to learn rails as I go along, and having a bit of > > > > >>> trouble. > > > > >>> There is an undefined method cropping that I don't know why rails > > > > >>> thinks should be there. > > > > > >>> Firstly, I'm using rails 3, ruby 1.9.2 > > > > > >>> I have a controller with an index action This part works fine, but i > > > > >>> am trying to add a comment form to the page that is rendered by that > > > > >>> index action. > > > > > >>> Supposing my controller is named controller1, > > > > > >>> I began this process first with: > > > > > >>> rails g model comments name:string content:text > > > > >>> rake rb:migrate > > > > > >>> Then I went on to define an action to create the comments: > > > > > >>> within contoller1_controller.rb I added > > > > >>> ========= > > > > >>> def new > > > > >>> @comment = Comments.new > > > > > >>> respond_to do |format| > > > > >>> format.html > > > > >>> format.xml { render :xml => @comment } > > > > >>> end > > > > >>> end > > > > >>> ======== > > > > > >>> views/controller1/new.haml contains > > > > >>> ======== > > > > >>> = render 'form' > > > > >>> ======== > > > > > >>> and _form.html.erb contains > > > > >>> ======== > > > > >>> <%= form_for(@comment) do |format| %> > > > > > >>> <div class='commentForm'> > > > > >>> <%= format.label :name %><br /> > > > > >>> <%= format.text_field :name %><br /> > > > > > >>> <%= format.label :content %><br /> > > > > >>> <%= format.text_area :content %><br /> > > > > >>> <div class='commentSend'> > > > > >>> <%= format.submit %> > > > > >>> </div> > > > > >>> </div> > > > > > >>> <% end %> > > > > >>> ======= > > > > > >>> I then added into routes.db the following lines: > > > > >>> resource :comments > > > > >>> map.connect '/controller1/new', :controller => > > > > >>> 'controller1', :action => 'new' > > > > > >>> Now, navigating to /controller1/new gives me this error: > > > > > >>> undefined method `comments_index_path' > > > > > >>> What am I missing? > > > > > >>> If I change the form to "form_for(:Comments)", then > > > '/controller1/new' > > > > >>> renders, however, when I then add "@comments = Comments.all" into > > > the > > > > >>> index definition, and: > > > > >>> - @comments.each do |comment| > > > > >>> - comment.content > > > > >>> into the index.haml file, no comments are actually displayed. So I > > > > >>> assume the form is not actually sending anything to the database > > > > > >>> Any tips on what I'm doing wrong would be greatly appreciated, > > > > > >>> Thanks > > > > > >> -- > > > > >> Erol Fornoleshttp:// > > > github.com/Erolhttp://twitter.com/erolfornoleshttp://ph.linked... > > > > > -- > > > > Erol Fornoleshttp:// > > > github.com/Erolhttp://twitter.com/erolfornoleshttp://ph.linkedin.com/in/erolfornoles > > > > -- > > > 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]<rubyonrails-talk%[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > > -- > > Erol M. > > Fornoleshttp://github.com/Erolhttp://twitter.com/erolfornoleshttp://ph.linked... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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