On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 17:44 -0800, east wrote: > I'm stumped trying to generate an URL for a working route. I've this > route definition: > > map.connect 'foo/:foo_id/propose_something/:zap_id', > :controller => "foo", > :action => "propose_something" > > When I browse to this url: http://localhost:3000/foo/2/propose_something/5, > my propose_something method gets invoked with the correct params > hash. So one would think that all is good, but I'm stuck trying to > generate the corresponding URL to pass to link_to. > > I would think that this would do it: > url_for(:controller => "foo", :action => 'propose_something', :foo_id > => 1, :zap_id => 13) > > But this generates this URL: > http://localhost:3000/foo/propose_something?foo_id=1&zap_id=13 > > To work around this, I've constructed the string manually, but that > feels nasty in all sorts of ways... > > Can someone point out what the heck I'm doing wrong? ---- url_for(:controller => "foo", :action => ('/' + :foo_id + '/propose_something'), :zap_id => 13)
You might not need the parens but it tends to help me spot what the intent was right away. That said, I probably would rethink my 'routes' and use routes and methods that tended towards standardization and have my methods parse the params. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- 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-t...@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.
