In this case the view I want to render is not one of the routes. I already have a show/edit/index view, I now need another one that is specialized and this may not be the last one I need.
On Feb 20, 6:18 pm, Phil Crissman <[email protected]> wrote: > Phil > > On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 3:13 PM, T <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a resource 'users'. the index page has a 'link_to' tag I > > created on the line item level for a specific view. The link_to that > > is frustrating me in particular says: <%= link_to 'View', :controller > > => 'users', :action => 'view' %> > > > What's happening is that it's going to the Users controller and > > attempting to execute the 'show' action (with 'view' passed in as the > > id). But i am specifically requesting it to use the link_to to go to > > the 'view' action. I've tried routing to another controller as well > > and that doesn't change it at all. > > It will be a lot easier to just use the name of the route, eg, =link_to > "View", view_user_path(user) (or whatever the name of the route is; you can > always find it in the output of rake routes. > > > > > > > This is a rails 2.3.8 app if that matters in evaluating my question/ > > problem. Any help would be really appreciated. As an aside, I've > > even tried hi-jacking the 'show' action by looking for a params id = > > 'view' and it fails before it even gets there (so assuming the route > > is smart enough to expect a non-string value). > > > -- > > 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. -- 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.
