Ferret talk - May 2007 - Links in Search Results

I am using a helper method to generate my search result listings:

def search_result_name(result)
     case result
     when Term
       "<h2>#{result.title}</h2>
       <small>Filed under:
<strong>Terms</strong></small>"
     when Article
       "<h2>#{result.title}</h2>
       <small>Filed under:
<strong>Articles</strong></small>"
     else
       result.to_s
     end
   end

This works perfectly, but I hit a wall when I try to include a link  
in the above method. I try using a link_to helper inside a string  
interpolation block but Rails does not parse the helper.

Any ideas?

I figured it out. All I needed was to move my case statements to my  
view and it works (duh!)

On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 09:15:47PM +0200, Steven Garcia
wrote:
> I am using a helper method to generate my search result listings:
> 
> def search_result_name(result)
>      case result
>      when Term
>        "<h2>#{result.title}</h2>
>        <small>Filed under:
<strong>Terms</strong></small>"
>      when Article
>        "<h2>#{result.title}</h2>
>        <small>Filed under:
<strong>Articles</strong></small>"
>      else
>        result.to_s
>      end
>    end
> 
> This works perfectly, but I hit a wall when I try to include a link  
> in the above method. I try using a link_to helper inside a string  
> interpolation block but Rails does not parse the helper.
strange, I often use link_to in helpers, i.e. to embed links in list
elements:

def navsec_link(text, link, options = {})
  "<li>#{link_to text, link, options}</li>"
end


Jens

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Ahhhh.. i see now.

My syntax was off. I tried shoving ERB code into the string  
interpolation, silly man that I am.

Still, I almost prefer this in my view since I am only using results  
like this in one template.

Thanks for the pointer though, will definitely prove useful for  
something else.