Never mind - I found it - I needed to add :method => :get to the form_tag and it worked.
On Dec 22, 11:47 am, Anand Ramanathan <[email protected]> wrote: > Rails 3: I have a view books/:id/show.html.erb - in the view, I have a form > with a select tag to pick a template, that on dropdown should submit the > form which rerenders the page based on the selection: > > <%= form_tag book_path(@book) do %> > > > <%= select_tag "template[]", > >> options_for_select([["Template1","template1"], ["Template2", > >> "template2"]]), > >> :value => (@template || 'template1'), :onchange => 'this.form.submit();' %> > > > <%end%> > > In my controller, I have > > > @template = params[:template] || 'post' > > In my routes, I have > > resources :books, :only => [:show] > > and rake routes indeed shows > > book GET /books/:id(.:format) > > > {:controller=>"books", :action=>"show"} > > When I first navigate to this view, it all works fine and the view renders > as expected. If I select a different template from the dropdown, I get the > error: > > No route matches 'books/1' > > The funny thing is that the current page is exactly that route. > > If I refresh the page, it renders with the default template (and not the > selected one). > > Any help? > > Thanks > Anand -- 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.
