Rails - Feb 2006 - Help with ruby=>html

Hi!

I''m new to ruby and rails and got problems with using basic methods
like
form_tag or link_to etc to create what i need, i.e. to specify css class 
or id or name of html elements.

I have problem with understanding rails api (it''s just as an example):
form_tag(url_for_options = {}, options = {}, *parameters_for_url)

what parameters can i pass to form_tag? How to specify class, name or id 
(those are things i need most)?

If someone could clarify the notation used here i''d be very grateful.

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g0nzo wrote:
> I''m new to ruby and rails and got problems with using basic
methods like
> form_tag or link_to etc to create what i need, i.e. to specify css class 
> or id or name of html elements.
> 
> I have problem with understanding rails api (it''s just as an
example):
> form_tag(url_for_options = {}, options = {}, *parameters_for_url)
> 
> what parameters can i pass to form_tag? How to specify class, name or id 
> (those are things i need most)?
Most of the tag helper methods (form_tag and link_to included) take an 
options or html_options hash that is used for specifying tag attributes, 
e.g:

<%= form_tag({:controller => ''my_controller'', :action
=> ''my_action''},
       ''class'' => ''my_class'',
''id'' => ''my_id'') %>

<%= link_to(''link'', {:action =>
''my_action''},
       ''class'' => ''my_class'',
''id'' => ''my_id'') %>

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