Thanks for that I will put in an if !=null or make sure the field is not empty
On Nov 23, 2:19 am, Rob Biedenharn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 22, 2010, at 7:36 PM, MDM wrote: > > > Can anyone explain why a Link_to inside a table <td> should print out > > the link if the field is null, but print out the field if it contain > > data(text) in both rails 3 and 2.3.5. > > > If the field is nul it prints out:- "/dsplaces/100? > > country=UK&area=London" > > > If the field contains data (text) it prints out correctly. The code > > is:- > > > <td><%= link_to truncate(dsplace.description ,:length => 35), > > dsplace_path(:id => dsplace.id, :country=> dsplace.country, :area=> > > dsplace.placename) %></td> > > Otherwise you'd have nothing to click on. Is this dsplace.description > blank, perhaps? > > -Rob > > Rob Biedenharn > [email protected] http://AgileConsultingLLC.com/ > [email protected] http://GaslightSoftware.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.

