Rails - Aug 2006 - related to forms

I''m trying to construct a form that would request a page using GET and 
would like my variables to be simple like q,v, etc so that the URL it 
calls is something like: /controller/action?q=80&v=100

However, I''m having trouble using the basic form helpers (probably
doing
something wrong) cos expressions such as:
    <%= hidden_field "q", "v",  {:value =>
"xyz"} %>
results in something like: query?q%5Bv%5D=xyz

I think I''m missing something somewhere..
Cheers
Mohit.

Hi Mohit,


hidden_field(object_name, method, options = {})

expects a object name and generates a ouput of form object[method] which 
is what you are getting but in html escaped format %5B === [ and %5D === 
]

if you want simple form fields you can code manually

<input name="q"  value="80" type="hidden" />
<input name="v"  value="100" type="hidden"
/>

but if insist on a rails way
<%= hidden_field "q", nil,  {:value => "80"} %>
<%= hidden_field "v", nil,  {:value => "100"} %>



regards
A.Senthil Nayagam
http://senthilnayagam.com

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Senthil Nayagam wrote:
> Hi Mohit,
>
>
> hidden_field(object_name, method, options = {})
>
> expects a object name and generates a ouput of form object[method] which 
> is what you are getting but in html escaped format %5B === [ and %5D === 
> ]
>
> if you want simple form fields you can code manually
>
> <input name="q"  value="80" type="hidden"
/>
> <input name="v"  value="100" type="hidden"
/>
>
> but if insist on a rails way
> <%= hidden_field "q", nil,  {:value => "80"}
%>
> <%= hidden_field "v", nil,  {:value => "100"}
%>
>   
Thanks Senthil,

I would have liked to stay the Rails way and that was why I was asking 
(I am aware of the direct HTML manual way).  I used what you suggested 
as the Rails way. 

It works fine on the controller side - I can use the variable params[:q] 
and params[:v] to construct my query! Thanks.
However, the GET request still goes with blank box brackets so it is 
called as:
  /controller/query?start%5B%5D=2006-07-12&stop%5B%5D=2006-08-12

It works fine, but it looks a bit ugly, so I guess I''ll have to stick 
with the manual way for now...

Cheers
Mohit.