Rails - Sep 2009 - Links to external content

Hello everybody.

I have a tricky situation with external links in my Rails application.
I have online shopping catalog. All goods have "vendor information"
field where URL to vendor''s information about particular shopping item
could be found. The problem is that I''m not unable to create external
links in shopping item views - Rails adds host and controller to the
vendor''s URL, like this "http://www.myshoppingcatalog.com/
shopping_items/www.vendor.com". I tried link_to and url_for almost all
variations but it didn''t work. How can I get "pure"
vendor''s URL ?

Thank you for your help in advance.

Best regards,
ArtūrasB.

Arturas.Baranauskas-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
wrote:
> Hello everybody.
> 
> I have a tricky situation with external links in my Rails application.
> I have online shopping catalog. All goods have "vendor
information"
> field where URL to vendor''s information about particular shopping
item
> could be found. The problem is that I''m not unable to create
external
> links in shopping item views - Rails adds host and controller to the
> vendor''s URL, like this "http://www.myshoppingcatalog.com/
> shopping_items/www.vendor.com". I tried link_to and url_for almost all
> variations but it didn''t work. How can I get "pure"
vendor''s URL ?
Use a full URL -- in other words, start with "http://".  If you do
that,
link_to should figure out what you want.
> 
> Thank you for your help in advance.
> 
> Best regards,
> ArtūrasB.
Best,
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Hi Marnen .

Thank you for the idea. I''ll try it at home.

Regards,
Artūras B.

On 28 Rugs, 16:13, Marnen Laibow-Koser <rails-mailing-l...@andreas-
s.net> wrote:
> Arturas.Baranaus...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> > Hello everybody.
>
> > I have a tricky situation withexternallinksin my Rails application.
> > I have online shopping catalog. All goods have "vendor
information"
> > field where URL to vendor''s information about particular
shopping item
> > could be found. The problem is that I''m not unable to
createexternal
> >linksin shopping item views - Rails adds host and controller to the
> > vendor''s URL, like this
"http://www.myshoppingcatalog.com/
> > shopping_items/www.vendor.com". I tried link_to and url_for
almost all
> > variations but it didn''t work. How can I get "pure"
vendor''s URL ?
>
> Use a full URL -- in other words, start with "http://".  If you
do that,
> link_to should figure out what you want.
>
>
>
> > Thank you for your help in advance.
>
> > Best regards,
> > ArtūrasB.
>
> Best,
> --
> Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org
> mar...-sbuyVjPbboAdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.