This is slightly tied with my previous post. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to make another message in there, so I made a new post.
So in my previous post I accidentally asked a pure ruby question about gsub which I'll be using in this question. Anyways, what I want to do is to take a single parameter from user's input in the Form_for and run it through the gsub code [ @file_cut = order.gsub(/[\w ! # $ % ^ & * + -]+\.doc$/, '*.doc) ] when the user submits the form. The parameter will still be stored in the database so I don't think test_field_tag, etc. will help me unless you think otherwise. Also, I'm hoping not to use javascript in my code. Here's my code: orders_controller.rb ------------------------------------------------------------ class OrdersController < ApplicationController # GET /orders # GET /orders.xml def index @orders = Order.all respond_to do |format| format.html # index.html.erb format.xml { render :xml => @orders } end end # GET /orders/1 # GET /orders/1.xml def show @order = Order.find(params[:id]) #...@try = params[:file] # A failed attempt respond_to do |format| format.html # show.html.erb format.xml { render :xml => @order } end end # GET /orders/new # GET /orders/new.xml def new @order = Order.new respond_to do |format| format.html # new.html.erb format.xml { render :xml => @order } end end # POST /orders # POST /orders.xml def create @order = Order.new(params[:order]) #order = params[:file] #...@file_cut = order.gsub(/[\w ! # $ % ^ & * + -]+\.doc$/, '*.doc) #have tried to implement the code here respond_to do |format| if @order.save format.html { redirect_to(@order, :notice => "Order was successfully created.") } format.xml { render :xml => @order, :status => :created, :location => @order } #/display else format.html { render :action => "new" } format.xml { render :xml => @order.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity } end end end # DELETE /orders/1 # DELETE /orders/1.xml def destroy @order = Order.find(params[:id]) @order.destroy respond_to do |format| format.html { redirect_to(orders_url) } format.xml { head :ok } end end end new.html.erb ------------------------------------------------------------ <h1> New Order </dh1> <% form_for(@order) do |f| %> <%= f.error_messages %> <p> <%= f.label :name, "Your Name" %><br /> <%=h f.text_field :name %> </p> <p> <%= f.label :file%><br /> <%=h f.file_field :file%> </p> <p> <%= f.label :email, "Your Email" %><br /> <%=h f.text_field :email %> </p> <p> <%= f.submit 'Create' %> </p> <% end %> <%= link_to 'Back', orders_path %> Thank you for taking the time to read, Anon_comp -- 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.