I have a form that has the following fields: Name Post Title Post Body The model does a validates_presence_of for each field, so if a user fails to enter one or all fields, it will fail validation and redirect back to the form. This works perfectly, but unfortunately, if a user spends 30 minutes writing a new post, but forgets to fill out a field, they get redirected back to the form but loose all the content that they had typed in! Any advice on how to go about passing the form data BACK to the form after it fails validation? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
So no one has any idea how I might go about this? I''m completely out of ideas....... On May 5, 2:54 pm, histrionics <robbu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I have a form that has the following fields: > > Name > > Post Title > > Post Body > > The model does a validates_presence_of for each field, so if a user > fails to enter one or all fields, it will fail validation and redirect > back to the form. > > This works perfectly, but unfortunately, if a user spends 30 minutes > writing a new post, but forgets to fill out a field, they get > redirected back to the form but loose all the content that they had > typed in! > > Any advice on how to go about passing the form data BACK to the form > after it fails validation?--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
What you want to do is use a "render" instead of a
"redirect_to" when
the validation fails:
def create
@post = Post.create(params[:post])
if @post.valid?
# do whatever
else
render :action => :new
end
end
You can read more about this in the Rails API (http://
api.rubyonrails.org)
--
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http://www.railsfreaks.com
On May 5, 11:05 pm, histrionics
<robbu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> So no one has any idea how I might go about this?
>
> I''m completely out of ideas.......
>
> On May 5, 2:54 pm, histrionics
<robbu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > I have a form that has the following fields:
>
> > Name
>
> > Post Title
>
> > Post Body
>
> > The model does a validates_presence_of for each field, so if a user
> > fails to enter one or all fields, it will fail validation and redirect
> > back to the form.
>
> > This works perfectly, but unfortunately, if a user spends 30 minutes
> > writing a new post, but forgets to fill out a field, they get
> > redirected back to the form but loose all the content that they had
> > typed in!
>
> > Any advice on how to go about passing the form data BACK to the form
> > after it fails validation?
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You need to use "render" instead of "redirect_to" in your
method:
def create
@post = Post.create(params[:post])
if @post.valid?
# do whatever
else
render :action => :new
end
end
You can read more about this in the Rails API (http://
api.rubyonrails.org)
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http://www.railsfreaks.com
On May 5, 11:05 pm, histrionics
<robbu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:> So no one has any idea how I might go about this?
>
> I''m completely out of ideas.......
>
> On May 5, 2:54 pm, histrionics
<robbu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > I have a form that has the following fields:
>
> > Name
>
> > Post Title
>
> > Post Body
>
> > The model does a validates_presence_of for each field, so if a user
> > fails to enter one or all fields, it will fail validation and redirect
> > back to the form.
>
> > This works perfectly, but unfortunately, if a user spends 30 minutes
> > writing a new post, but forgets to fill out a field, they get
> > redirected back to the form but loose all the content that they had
> > typed in!
>
> > Any advice on how to go about passing the form data BACK to the form
> > after it fails validation?
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Sorry for the double post, was having a connection problem. On May 6, 12:25 am, Thiago Jackiw <tjac...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> You need to use "render" instead of "redirect_to" in your method: > > def create > @post = Post.create(params[:post]) > if @post.valid? > # do whatever > else > render :action => :new > end > end > > You can read more about this in the Rails API (http:// > api.rubyonrails.org) > > -- > Thiago Jackiwhttp://www.railsfreaks.com > > On May 5, 11:05 pm, histrionics <robbu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > So no one has any idea how I might go about this? > > > I''m completely out of ideas....... > > > On May 5, 2:54 pm, histrionics <robbu...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > I have a form that has the following fields: > > > > Name > > > > Post Title > > > > Post Body > > > > The model does a validates_presence_of for each field, so if a user > > > fails to enter one or all fields, it will fail validation and redirect > > > back to the form. > > > > This works perfectly, but unfortunately, if a user spends 30 minutes > > > writing a new post, but forgets to fill out a field, they get > > > redirected back to the form but loose all the content that they had > > > typed in! > > > > Any advice on how to go about passing the form data BACK to the form > > > after it fails validation?--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
histrionics wrote:> I have a form that has the following fields: > > Name > > Post Title > > Post Body > > The model does a validates_presence_of for each field, so if a user > fails to enter one or all fields, it will fail validation and redirect > back to the form. > > This works perfectly, but unfortunately, if a user spends 30 minutes > writing a new post, but forgets to fill out a field, they get > redirected back to the form but loose all the content that they had > typed in! > > Any advice on how to go about passing the form data BACK to the form > after it fails validation?In your view, use the params hash to supply the values to the form fields: text_field_tag :title, params[:title] text_area_tag :body, params[:body] This is for when you use a form_tag. I just did some experimenting, and it appears to happen automatically when using form_for. I don''t know if it actually is or if I''ve got something wonky going on. Peace, Phillip -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---