Rails - Apr 2007 - SOLVED - Re: ActionView::Helpers::TextHelper - auto_link

On 3/25/07, Samantha
<rubygeekgirl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I''m working on something in Rails (my first app, really) and
> attempting to use the auto_link feature.  Basically, one of the fields
> in my database is a url.  I have successfully gotten it to format in
> the view with the auto_link helper, but when it comes time for me to
> try and input the :target => ''_blank'' part of things,
it craps out on
> me.
>
> This is the code that works:
>
> <td><%= auto_link(h link.send(column.name)) %></td>
>
> When I attempt to have it use the :target => ''_blank''
stuff, is where
> I''m getting lost...
>
> If I change it to this: (or several other syntax variations)
>
> <td><%= auto_link(h link.send(column.name), :target =>
''_blank'') %></
> td>
>
> I get this:
>
> wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)
> Extracted source (around line #13):
> 10: <% for link in @links %>
> 11:   <tr>
> 12:   <% for column in Link.content_columns %>
> 13:     <td><%= auto_link(h link.send(column.name), :target =>
> ''_blank'') %></td>
> 14:   <% end %>
> 15:     <td><%= link_to ''Show'', :action =>
''show'', :id => link %></td>
> 16:     <td><%= link_to ''Edit'', :action =>
''edit'', :id => link %></td>
>
> I''ve looked here:
> http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/TextHelper.html
>
> I''m pretty sure it''s probably something glaringly obvious
that I''m
> missing, but rather than bang my head incessantly on my keyboard, I
> figured I''d save myself the qwerty imprints on my forehead and
> ask.  :)
>
> Thanks,
> Samantha
>
> --
> http://www.babygeek.org
>
>
After playing with it more, this is the proper usage... just in case anyone
out there had issues getting it to work, too:
<%= auto_link(h(link.send(column.name)), :all, :target =>
''_blank'') %>


-- 
Samantha

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"Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all
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