Hej Vijay,
You can find some pretty good info about your problem on the Rails API
site:
http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/FormTagHelper.html#M000607
This will explain the syntax of the form_tag. I would stick with the
default settings (namely POST as the request verb) and just go ahead
(would look something like <% form_tag ''/your_controller/
display_route'' do %>
You can also find some tutorials for beginners on the web or buy a
book (pdf).
Hope that helps,
Christoph
Vijay Rao wrote:> Hello,
>
> I know what I am trying to do is pretty basic but for a newbie like me
> everything is very daunting right now. Please help me.
>
> The scenario I am trying to program is this. The user enters a string in
the
> search textfield. I will use his entered value to query the database for a
> matched record and then display the attributes of the fetched record. That
> is it.
>
> Here is my controller that hopefully on submission from the UI will
retrieve
> the data
> ===in controller route_controller.rb===> def display_route
> s = params[''route''][''name'']
> @searched_route = Route.find_by_name(s)
> end
> ===========================> =====list.rhtml================>
<%= text_field_with_auto_complete :route, :name %>
> =====end list.rhtml=============>
> I don''t have a view yet to display the queried result. The
confusion is
> because I am not sure how I should use the form_tag or form_for and also
how
> to wrap it around the textfield that has autocomplete enabled above.
Another
> dilemma I have is the fact that I would ideally like to hit enter in the
> textfield to submit the form. But I am not sure if I want to use POST since
> I am getting stuff I should probably use a GET.
>
> I am really confused and the ruby syntax is irritating when you are
learning
> it. Please help me.
>
> Thanks
> Vijay
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