I am new to rails and I am having a hard time coming up with a clean solution to handle passing vars to controllers and views so that they will have the data they need to function correctly. For instance. I have products_controller. This controller manages a Product model, and Product belongs_to Category. Within products_controller all CRUD actions are scoped thru the Categories has_many association IE: category = Category.find_by_name params[:category] @product = category.products.find(params[:id]) In order for the products_controller actions to operate they all need access to params[:category]. Currently I am passing that attribute around thru a combination of hidden for_for fields and stuff like this: link_to ''Edit'', edit_product_path(product, :category =>params [:category]) I am running into a lot of issues keeping track of passing this info around through the various views and actions that are in play. It feels sloppy and prone to problems. It''s like I''m working in PHP again. Should I use global varibles or sessions to solve these kinds of problems? Whats the best thing to do here? Thanks a lot. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Apr 7, 8:24 pm, elliottg <x...-+PdThUrr9bOXUBVsB0ZYTw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> In order for the products_controller actions to operate they all need > access to params[:category]. Currently I am passing that attribute > around thru a combination of hidden for_for fields and stuff like > this: > link_to ''Edit'', edit_product_path(product, :category =>params > [:category]) > > I am running into a lot of issues keeping track of passing this info > around through the various views and actions that are in play. It > feels sloppy and prone to problems. It''s like I''m working in PHP > again. >You might want to read up on nested resources> Should I use global varibles or sessions to solve these kinds of > problems?I really wouldn''t - that''s definitely grungy (both server side and from the point of view of the user) Fred --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Thanks Fredrick. The tip on nested routes was just what I needed. On Apr 7, 4:32 pm, Frederick Cheung <frederick.che...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> On Apr 7, 8:24 pm,elliottg<x...-+PdThUrr9bOXUBVsB0ZYTw@public.gmane.org> wrote:> In order for the products_controller actions to operate they all need > > access to params[:category]. Currently I am passing that attribute > > around thru a combination of hidden for_for fields and stuff like > > this: > > link_to ''Edit'', edit_product_path(product, :category =>params > > [:category]) > > > I am running into a lot of issues keeping track of passing this info > > around through the various views and actions that are in play. It > > feels sloppy and prone to problems. It''s like I''m working in PHP > > again. > > You might want to read up on nested resources > > > Should I use global varibles or sessions to solve these kinds of > > problems? > > I really wouldn''t - that''s definitely grungy (both server side and > from the point of view of the user) > > Fred--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---