Routing error (route not found) but only for destroy action.

Stefano
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:48:03 -0000

Hi guys

I have many different models and I want to reuse the same code for the
delete button.
So in my helper i have:

def delete_button(item_to_delete)
    button_to t(''buttons.delete''), :action =>
"destroy", :controller
=> item_to_delete.class.to_s.downcase.pluralize
end

Normally i work with paths a la post_path(item_to_destroy) but I cant
find a way of making that work for different models except throwing in
some stupid switch statement which makes the code REALLY ugly..

So the code above throws a route not found error. BUT:
def delete_button(item_to_delete)
    button_to t(''buttons.delete''), :action =>
"new", :controller =>
item_to_delete.class.to_s.downcase.pluralize
end

works just fine.. these are the things that really annoy me about ruby
on rails.

Also.. the most ridiculous thing happens at the moment.. I use the
asset pipeline and after rebooting all javascript code in my file
users.js.coffee doesnt get executed in my browser anymore.. If i put
it in example ''messages.js.coffee'' it works just fine. EXACTLY
the
same syntax in both files.. I have NO idea why that happens. But
frankly after wasting 1h on that I dont care. Just leave my code in
the wrong file where it works..