Rails - Jan 2005 - how can i override the show view to capture show/n , show/n+1, etc.

Hi - 

Yet another rails newbie ...

I have a simple list view rhtml with data returned from a db and
displayed within a table. Each row has a show action link_to based on
the id field in the table row.

i.e.
http://127.0.0.1:3000/myapp/show/1
http://127.0.0.1:3000/myapp/show/2
http://127.0.0.1:3000/myapp/show/3

I want to override the default show view but I don''t understand how I
can do this with a single file - in particular I am confused with the
urls which are dynamic and based on the list id.

How can I create a single show rhtml view that "captures" link_to
actions for http://127.0.0.1/myapp/show/n http://127.0.0./show/n+1
etc?

I realize this is a very basic question and I''ve probably missed
something simple, however I''ve searched the documentation to no avail.

Thanks,
bananafishbones (still coming up to speed on rails terminology...)

Why would you want to capture all calls to show?  Assuming you have
more than one object type to show....

You could define a method in application.rb:

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

  def show
    # define show here
    render "show"
  end

end

Then create app/views/show:

This is the show template.

<ul>
<% @params.each do | k, v | %>
<li><%= "#{k}: #{v}" %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>

But, this does not really align with the rails way.  Join us.  Be happy.

-Dale

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 02:47:11 -0500, bananafishbones
<banano.fisi.ostos-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi -
> 
> Yet another rails newbie ...
> 
> I have a simple list view rhtml with data returned from a db and
> displayed within a table. Each row has a show action link_to based on
> the id field in the table row.
> 
> i.e.
> http://127.0.0.1:3000/myapp/show/1
> http://127.0.0.1:3000/myapp/show/2
> http://127.0.0.1:3000/myapp/show/3
> 
> I want to override the default show view but I don''t understand
how I
> can do this with a single file - in particular I am confused with the
> urls which are dynamic and based on the list id.
> 
> How can I create a single show rhtml view that "captures" link_to
> actions for http://127.0.0.1/myapp/show/n http://127.0.0./show/n+1
> etc?
> 
> I realize this is a very basic question and I''ve probably missed
> something simple, however I''ve searched the documentation to no
avail.
> 
> Thanks,
> bananafishbones (still coming up to speed on rails terminology...)
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