Thank you all for your answers. @Jim Ruther Nill: render_to_string sounds exactly like what I need, but I get an error of 'undefined method'. I am using this code in view: <%= render_to_string(:partial => "shared/compare", :collection => @changedfamilies) %>
@Colin Law: Cache is only temporarily. I need to save the report permanently, so cache is no option. @C.A.C.D: I only have html with colored text and tables on it. So your approach with MHTML is only for complex html's, right? Kind regards, Sebastian On May 25, 8:56 pm, "C. A. C. D." <[email protected]> wrote: > That would work. You may want to consider if it is just HTML text, or if the > reports reference any images, video, additional files..., and whether you > want to keep them too. > > If you have a complex HTML page, and you want to use the DB approach > (instead of just saving the file directly in disk and keeping the path in > the DB), you may want to take a look to MHTML, parse the HTML and encode all > the page elements using that format. > > C > > On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Sebastian > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I want to create some reports on my app that are stored. So it is not > > a big deal to create a view where my report is shown out of some > > existing activerecords. > > > But how can I save what I see? Meaning save the whole page as report > > in the database. I thought the easiest way is to store the whole page > > in a long string with html markup. So I can easily render that value > > later with 'raw' method. > > > An example: > > > store this as activerecord: > > <p>This is some text</p> > > > call that in a later view for showing the report: > > <%= raw Report.find(12).text %> > > > Is that the best approach or is there another one? If it is the best > > approach, is there a way to get the html code of the recent page to > > store that in an activerecord. > > > Sebastian > > > -- > > 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.
