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All, After a POST, I want to be able to redisplay a view with the data that was previously entered when my controller action notices a validation failure and calls render on the view that does the submit. Example: View x.rhtml - text field is filled in Call controller action Controller action fails validation calls render (:action => ''x'') x.rthml shows up with blank text

Hi! If i have an object it''s easy. But i''m making a simple contact form and i check if email address is correct. If it''s not i redisplay the form with the info that there was an error (should i use redirect_to or render :action? what''s the difference?), but all previously submitted data is lost. I tried creating variables using names of the form fields, but

can you use :confirm => ''great consequences'', :post => true within text_field_tag options? I''m trying to confirm with users that changing that particular field will have great consequences. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

I have an app that has two models -- products and details. I''m building a form that allows a user to create a new product and specify a description, etc. The form needs to allow for creation of multiple items in the details model/table. for example, I have a block of form items that collect info for the men''s version of the product -- inventory count for each size, etc. And

Hello everyone, I''m just trying to understand some logical reasons behind Rails syntax of "select" and "select_tag". I know I can do this: <%= form.select :card_type, supported_card_types, { :prompt => "Please Select..."} %> which sets a model field in the params hash. If I want to do the same for a non-model field,

All, I''m having a hell of a time figuring out what is going on here. I''m trying to override one of my getters so that I can format it a certain way in my form. But I can''t seem to get text_field to call the appropriate method on my object. So here''s my getter: public def FAX fax = read_attribute(:FAX) puts fax

If I want to use fbml elements and rails tags, is there a way to do within a fb:editor? if I do: <% facebook_form_for(:task, at task,:url => create_task_path) do |f| %> Assign Task To: <%= fb_friend_selector %> <%=f.text_field :ttype, :label=> "Title"%> <%=text_field_tag :newrnumdays, ndays, :label => "# Days"%>

Hello, I am implementing a classic invoice application. On the create new invoice page I want to allow users to add new line items using AJAX: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Invoice Date [ ] Client [ ] Line Items 1. [ ] $[ ] <add new line item> <save> <cancel>

I''ve got a bunch of text fields that I''d like to access as an array. The code looks like this: <%= text_field_tag "people[0][entry]" %> <%= text_field_tag "people[1][entry]" %> <%= text_field_tag "people[2][entry]" %> So when I submit the form, I''d like to be able to use it like params[:people].each {|p| p[:entry]}

Hi all, can someone explain to me how the options for helper text_field_tag supposed to be written. I really tried a bunch of stuff without success. For example I need a field with id "query", so I write <%= text_field_tag :query %> which works fine. But what if I want the field only 5 characters big? I tried among other <%= text_field_tag :query ,

I have the classic case of: Posts, and Categories. When the user submits a post, he has a drop-down list of categories. I want to put a "Add category" link next to the list of categories. This is already inside a form, so a "link_to_remote" that creates a small AJAX form inside the "submit post" form will not work because that will mean to embed a form in another

Hi all, is there a way to override the validation methods so as to avoid the div.fieldWithErrors divs from being created on the redisplayed form? Many thanks in advance, Nicky

Hi, This is one problem that has gotten me stumped for quite a while. I have an Item that has_many :DeliveryMethod, and what I seek to achieve is to create a form that''d let me create an Item, as well as its DeliveryMethods in 1 single form. And so I tried something like: <%= text_field_tag ''Item[DeliveryMethod][price]'', @Item.DeliveryMethod ?

Hi all, I''m trying to take the standard scaffold and add a bit for ajax to it. I have a two column page with the list on the left and the right side is reserved for the create/edit actions. On a successful save my rjs executes and updates the list view on the left and returns the right side to a "home" page. However, if one of the model validations fail I use rjs ro

Hi. Can anyone help with this? In a view, I have a text_field_tag( :mytextfield ). I would like to pass the current value of that text_field_tag to a periodically_call_remote - something like periodically_call_remote( :url => { :action => :do_it, :thetextval => :mytextfield.value } ) - Any idea how can I pass and/or access the value of the text_field_tag in my do_it controller?

Hi, I have one problem with validation I am creating e-shop and I have products. This view look like this: <% for product in @category.products %> <div class="produktyBox"> <%= product.title %><br /> Price: <br /> <div style="color:red; font-size:large; font-weight:bold; margin- bottom:5px"><%=

I am struggling with how to add dynamically add form elements to a form based on user action. Now here is my situation: I have model Project that has_many line_items On the form to create a project I initially display form elements (some drop downs and text boxes) for adding just one line_item. There is also a button or a link on the page (not sure if this should be in the main form or

Hi all, I''m having an issue with text_field_tag. I want to reset the value of the text_field when I refresh my browser, seems like a very simple thing, however I''m having hard time finding the answer. After I input some values, how do i reset the value to nil or empty?? my code is below <%= text_field_tag ''login'', @login, :class =>

I have a date where the year range is more then I want to define in a select_date scaffold generated year range. My idea was to have the year entered as a text field and the month and day using something like: <%= select_month @person.born,:prefix => :person ,:field_name => "born(2i)" %> <%= select_day @person.born,:prefix => :person , :field_name =>

I have a form in which a bunch of new users can be created with the same password if desired. I''m trying to write the password into the session and pull it out in the controller (besides avoiding putting it into params, this also should let me keep it for repopulating the text field if the creation fails for any reason and the user gets sent back to the page with the form). As part of a