Rails - Apr 2010 - Rails does not display form error message on a custom method

Hi all,

I''ve created a custom method called checkout in my app. I create an
order (which is done my adding products to my "cart"), assign it to my
client, and then I head to my checkout screen where I confirm the items
and enter their customer order number and complete the order (submit).

Everything works great except that it doesn''t display error messages.
I''m able to display a flash error notice (seen in complete_order
method)
when things go wrong but it doesn''t specify the details like a normal
form would. The error messages should appear if the customer order
number is not unique for that client.

Below is the custom method (checkout) related code.



Order Model:

[code]
validates_uniqueness_of :customer_order_number, :scope => :client_id
[/code]


Orders_controller:

[code]
  def checkout
    @order = current_order
  end

  def complete_order
    @order = current_order

    respond_to do |format|
      if @order.update_attributes(params[:order])
        @order.complete #sets submitted datetime and state to
''complete''
        flash[:notice] = ''Thank you! Your order is being
processed.''
        format.html { redirect_to( products_path ) }
        format.xml  { head :ok }
      else
        flash[:error] = ''Please review your items'' #added to
confirm an
error is present
        format.html { redirect_to( checkout_path ) }
        format.xml  { render :xml => @order.errors, :status =>
:unprocessable_entity }
      end
    end

  end
[/code]

And the form in the checkout view:

[code]
<% form_for @order, :url => { :controller => "orders",
:action =>
"complete_order" } do |f| %>

  <%= f.error_messages %>


    <%= f.text_field :customer_order_number, :label => "Purchase
Order
Number" %>

    <p>
    <%= f.submit ''Complete Order'', :confirm =>
''Are you sure?'' %>
<small> or <%= link_to ''cancel'', current_cart_path
%></small>
  </p>

<% end %>
[/code]

Any idea how I can display the specific error messages?

Thank you in advance! -Tony
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Tony Tony wrote:
> 
> Any idea how I can display the specific error messages?
> 
> Thank you in advance! -Tony
Solved thanks to Salil over in 
stackoverflow(http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2638215/rails-does-not-display-error-messages-on-a-form-in-a-custom-method).

"Change redirect_to to render in else condition otherwise checkout 
method get called again & no error will displayed.

else
     format.html { render :action => ''checkout'' }"



Thanks Salil!
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