On 20 March 2011 17:12, Peter Laurens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Markus, > > I think I haven't been clear enough, the default resource is set up for > individual members, rake routes gives me this: > > ... > DELETE /appearances/:id(.:format) > ... > > Whereas I actually want to create a route for deleting a collection: > > ... > DELETE /appearances
How will this identify *which* collection of appearances you want to delete? Colin > ... > > But I don't believe this is created by default, I get a no route error > when calling delete on just the controller without an id. > > So in short - I actually want to have a route to delete a whole > collection, but the default resources method in routes.rb creates a > delete method for a member, and doesn't set up a route for deleting a > collection. I would like to know how to add a delete route for a > collection. > > Thanks! > > Markus Proske wrote in post #988427: >> Hi, >> >> a collection routes is meant to work on the whole collection. Example >> for a >> collection delete would be for example to delete all books that are out >> of >> print. If you want to delete a particular book the member route is >> perfect....how would you otherwise know in your controller, which book >> to >> delete? >> >> Markus >> >> -- >> http://www.communityguides.eu > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
