Hi Thorsten, really very helpful ur ideas to me as i am very new to rails and sql.
I HAVE UPDATED MY APPLICATION LIKE BELOW as per ur suggetions: 1)I added this search :map.resources :articles, :collection => [:search] in route.rb like below map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' map.connect ':controller/:action/:id.:format' #added for search map.resources :articles, :collection => [:search] end 2)i defined a search method in article controller like below: def search @articles = Article.find_tagged_with(params[:search]) end 3)i added the below code in idex.html.erb as u said and added a commond to get a search box for tag entry. Search: <input type="text" id="search_form" name="search" /> <% form_tag(search_articles_path(), :method => :get) do %> <%= label(:search, :tag, "Search:") %><br /> <input name="search" id="tag" type="text" size="17" value='<%= session[:search_keys] %>' style="width:123px;" /> <input type="image" id="bt_zoek" src="/images/search.jpg" alt="search" style="border:none;"/> <% end %> then i trid http://localhost:3000/articles i am able to see on index page like below list: Listing articles Name Body Cricket india vs pak tour Show Edit Destroy politics HM quits Show Edit Destroy New article Search: from the index page i am able to do show,edit,destory and new article functionalities and i am getting the search box to enter a tag name. then my quiries: 1)if i enter some tag name then i press the search button i m getting erors like: ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound in ArticlesController#show Couldn't find Article with ID=search RAILS_ROOT: E:/srikanth/InstantRails-2.0-win/rails_apps/blog RequestParameters: {"search"=>"fun", "x"=>"48", "y"=>"18", "id"=>"search"} 2)if the search isable to do searching then the reasult shoud be list out on index rt.so for this do we need update in any one of views(to get the results) can u tell me which view i ned to modify and how ? 3)small doubt: i have a table like contacts with columns like: id name age location 1 a 12 ap 2 b 13 ap 3 c 12 up corresponding tag table like: id name 1 xx 2 yy 3 zz here my douts are 1)the tag name shoud be one of the parameter like name or age or place or it should be the entry name of perticuler column? here actaully i given tag name as fun and serious as tag names but we did not mention any relation table contents of article ,even if i do article.find_taggable_with('fun') it is giving the details of teble entrys.i did not understand the logic here can u help in this? thanks Srikanth 2)suppose i want to find all people from place ap i want to search ,how can i do that? 3)how the taging table is updating with all the above columns in the tagging table? tagging table like: id tid taggable_id taggable_type On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:07 PM, Thorsten Müller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You mean to say i need to add >> 1)map.resources :articles, :collection => [:search] in route.rb > > yes > >> 2)do i need to add method in controller like >> >> def get >> ----- >> end > > no, it should be: > def search > ... > end > > the :collection => [:search] > declares the existence of this search method in the articles > controller > >> >> 3)Can we give the tag parameter as text box entry from the >> forms(index.html.erb) and that tag parameter can be searched in the >> database? >> > > yes, if you have a textbox named "search", then > params[:search] > will have the text entered in this box. You > can give it any other name of course, params will have the value > with the same name. > (You can see what params are returned in the development.log) > > To use this for searching: > @articles = Article.find_tagged_with(params[:search]) > > then you should have all artcles with that tag in @articles > and can display them in the view > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
