Rails - Jun 2006 - Finding a record and showing it -- how?

I''d like to prompt a user for the value of a Name field, then display 
the record. Rails tells me that it cannot do a find without an ID. I 
guess it must be that I''m not passing back properly the data from the 
view to the controller.
Thanks for the help
joshi

The find_user.rhtml view:

<div class="find-name-form">
  <fieldset>
    <legend>Enter User Name</legend>
    <%= start_form_tag %>
      <p>
        <label for="name">Name:</label>
        <%= text_field_tag :name, params[:name] %>
      </p>
      <p>
        <%= submit_tag "Find", :class => "submit"
%>
      </p>
    <%= end_form_tag %>
  </fieldset>
</div>

The find_user action in user_controller.rb

def find_user
  user = User.find_by_name(params[:name])
  if user
    redirect_to(:controller => "user", :action =>
"show")
  else
    flash[:notice] = "Unable to find user name"
  end
end

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You are redirecting to the show action without passing on the ID you found.
redirect_to(:controller => "user", :action => "show",
:id => user.id)


On 6/11/06, joshi <eval_uator@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I''d like to prompt a user for the value of a Name field, then
display
> the record. Rails tells me that it cannot do a find without an ID. I
> guess it must be that I''m not passing back properly the data from
the
> view to the controller.
> Thanks for the help
> joshi
>
> The find_user.rhtml view:
>
> <div class="find-name-form">
>   <fieldset>
>     <legend>Enter User Name</legend>
>     <%= start_form_tag %>
>       <p>
>         <label for="name">Name:</label>
>         <%= text_field_tag :name, params[:name] %>
>       </p>
>       <p>
>         <%= submit_tag "Find", :class => "submit"
%>
>       </p>
>     <%= end_form_tag %>
>   </fieldset>
> </div>
>
> The find_user action in user_controller.rb
>
> def find_user
>   user = User.find_by_name(params[:name])
>   if user
>     redirect_to(:controller => "user", :action =>
"show")
>   else
>     flash[:notice] = "Unable to find user name"
>   end
> end
>
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Jon Gretar Borgthorsson
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J?n Borg??rsson wrote:
> You are redirecting to the show action without passing on the ID you 
> found.
> redirect_to(:controller => "user", :action =>
"show", :id => user.id)
> 
> 
> On 6/11/06, joshi <eval_uator@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>   <fieldset>
>>   </fieldset>
>>   end
>> end
>>
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That fixed the problem. Thank you so much!

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