Rails - Aug 2007 - Formatting form post to work with MyClass.new(params[:my_class])

So,

In my html page I have a simple (non rails generated) html for that
posts to the server via an ajax call using prototype''s form.serialize.
It used to post to an asp.net page, but now I want it to post to my
rails controller. This is what I have:

@my_class = MyClass.new(params[:my_class])

I don''t want to have to set each property of MyClass one-by-one, I
want to do what the above code shows. I want to pass all the necessary
values to the MyClass constructor.

How can I translate my html form values to do this?


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On 8/23/07, eggie5 <eggie5-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> So,
>
> In my html page I have a simple (non rails generated) html for that
> posts to the server via an ajax call using prototype''s
form.serialize.
> It used to post to an asp.net page, but now I want it to post to my
> rails controller. This is what I have:
>
> @my_class = MyClass.new(params[:my_class])
>
> I don''t want to have to set each property of MyClass one-by-one, I
> want to do what the above code shows. I want to pass all the necessary
> values to the MyClass constructor.
>
> How can I translate my html form values to do this?

For it do do this your form inputs need to be named

name="mycalss[fieldname]"

Then it will work like you want.  If you can''t have everything named
like
that, you''ll need to do it manually.

HTH
Daniel

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Ahhh, that you for showing me the scheme. Where is this documented?

On Aug 22, 10:17 pm, "Daniel N"
<has....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> On 8/23/07, eggie5 <egg...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > So,
>
> > In my html page I have a simple (non rails generated) html for that
> > posts to the server via an ajax call using prototype''s
form.serialize.
> > It used to post to an asp.net page, but now I want it to post to my
> > rails controller. This is what I have:
>
> > @my_class = MyClass.new(params[:my_class])
>
> > I don''t want to have to set each property of MyClass
one-by-one, I
> > want to do what the above code shows. I want to pass all the necessary
> > values to the MyClass constructor.
>
> > How can I translate my html form values to do this?
>
> For it do do this your form inputs need to be named
>
> name="mycalss[fieldname]"
>
> Then it will work like you want.  If you can''t have everything
named like
> that, you''ll need to do it manually.
>
> HTH
> Daniel

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On 8/23/07, eggie5 <eggie5-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
>
>
> Ahhh, that you for showing me the scheme. Where is this documented?
>
> On Aug 22, 10:17 pm, "Daniel N"
<has....-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On 8/23/07, eggie5
<egg...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > So,
> >
> > > In my html page I have a simple (non rails generated) html for
that
> > > posts to the server via an ajax call using prototype''s
form.serialize.
> > > It used to post to an asp.net page, but now I want it to post to
my
> > > rails controller. This is what I have:
> >
> > > @my_class = MyClass.new(params[:my_class])
> >
> > > I don''t want to have to set each property of MyClass
one-by-one, I
> > > want to do what the above code shows. I want to pass all the
necessary
> > > values to the MyClass constructor.
> >
> > > How can I translate my html form values to do this?
> >
> > For it do do this your form inputs need to be named
> >
> > name="mycalss[fieldname]"
> >
> > Then it will work like you want.  If you can''t have
everything named
> like
> > that, you''ll need to do it manually.
> >
> > HTH
> > Daniel

It is documented indirectly here

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormHelper.html

-Daniel

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