Fearless Fool wrote in post #977888: > Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote in post #977875: >> I rarely use delete links... > > That's interesting! > >> My instinct is to suggest defining a GET destroy action. OTOH, that's >> not idempotent. Aaugh! > > Browsers only generate GETs and POSTs, so any DELETE action needs to be > simulated somehow. And as you point out, GETs (by contract) must be > idempotent. Which leave POST messages. > > So I'm curious: how do you delete things? Write semi-custom forms that > POST something?
Usually, I don't delete things from the Web interface. I generally hide them (like acts_as_paranoid), use ActiveScaffold, or require deletion from the console. That's not suitable for every application, obviously. Best, -- Marnen Laibow-Koser http://www.marnen.org [email protected] Sent from my iPhone -- Posted via http://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.
