Ok, I created a new controller for invoicing and removed it from my [static] pages controller.
On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 1:27:25 PM UTC-4, Joe Guerra wrote: > > Yes, I know I've run plenty of scaffolds and generated lots of models. > > I just didn't think I would need to do this, but now it seems > reasonable not to upset the apple cart in order to update one field in a > table. > > I've already got the method in my controller in my invoicing class - just > need to figure out how to link the form and this method thru a route. > > Thanks, > Joe > > On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 12:09:44 PM UTC-4, Walter Lee Davis > wrote: >> >> It is really worthwhile googling REST and Rails, and reading about the >> underlying expectations of the Rails framework. If you do things the way it >> expects, then your job becomes easier. Not trivially easy, but considerably >> easier. >> >> Are Invoices structurally different than a Page? Do they need separate >> rules, or different roles to access them for editing, or a means of >> payment? I would argue that adding an invoice to a pages_controller would >> probably mean a lot harder work ahead for you than just creating a separate >> model and controller to handle these. >> >> Walter >> >> > On Oct 24, 2018, at 11:51 AM, Joe Guerra <jgu...@jginfosys.com> wrote: >> > >> > I've got a pages controller [which is a catch all for most pages on my >> site] and in it, I have defined an invoice page. >> > >> > Just a bunch of users I would need to invoice [manually for now] >> > >> > so, I created a method called 'update_invoice_link'. how would I >> manually create this route and what action or url do I need in my form >> field? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Joe >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to rubyonrails-ta...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to rubyonra...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/804cc6ce-c3c9-4334-ad33-3135d22c5942%40googlegroups.com. >> >> >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/d12b622e-1360-4a2f-85c7-271cf61252f3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
