Do you have javascript enabled in the browser you're testing the delete action with?
<%= link_to 'Destroy', announcement, :method => :delete %> produces an anchor tag to the show action but with a bunch of javascript code to emulate the DELETE http method. On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Conrad Taylor <conra...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 5:20 AM, jlf <jlfen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> In my project, all delete links aren't working. They keep acting as >> "show" action. >> >> Here is an example for the announcements controller. >> >> In routes.rb : >> >> map.resources :announcements >> >> In my index view, I have the standard >> <%= link_to 'Destroy', announcement, :confirm => 'Are you >> sure?', :method => :delete %> >> >> But when ever I click on the link, controller gets a "get" message, >> not a "delete". >> >> Processing AnnouncementsController#show (for 127.0.0.1 at 2009-03-02 >> 14:01:23) [GET] >> Session ID: 95ccbfa93eef0bf8408147c7b6b9a287 >> Parameters: {"action"=>"show", "id"=>"2", >> "controller"=>"announcements", "locale"=>"en"} >> >> In order to get the delete working I had to create a new named route. >> >> map.annoucements_delete "announcements/:id/ >> delete", :controller=>"announcements", :action => "destroy" >> >> <%= link_to 'delete', annoucements_delete_path(announcement), :confirm >> => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete %> >> >> It works, but it is ugly. >> >> What did I do wrong ? >> Thanks >> Jean-Loup > > In my very very small example, the following works for me: > > <%= link_to "delete", announcement_path(announcement), :confirm => "Are you > sure?", :method => :delete %> > > Good luck, > -Conrad > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---