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i am trying to get a start_form_tag working, but i am shooting blanks.. here''s what i am trying to do.. i have a controller called "forms.." with an action "new_entry".. it is called by: localhost/forms/new_entry this is just a quick form to test another action.. that action is: localhost/logger m...

Hi, How can I get start_form_tag to use GET instead of POST? I have tried... <%= start_form_tag {:action => ''search''}, {:method => ''get''} %> But it doesn''t work... compile error ./script/../config/../app/views/search/index.rhtml:35: syntax error _erbout.concat(( start_fo...

I''ve got a form that should post to user/login. The code to start the tag is: <%= start_form_tag { :controller => "user", :action => "login" } %> That gives me this exception: compile error script/../config/../app/views/user/login.rhtml:1: parse error, unexpected tASSOC, expecting ''}'' _erbout = ''''; _erbout.concat(( start_form_ta...

Hiall, I want to give the action of a form an additional parameters but can''t figure out how to do it. My code looks like this <%= start_form_tag :action => ''create'', next_step => true %> <%= render :partial => ''user_form'' %> <%= render :partial => ''community_form'' %> <%= submit_tag "Optional Next Step" %> <%= end_form_tag %> &...

Hi all, I have a simple question about start_form_tag. It default generates method=post. I was wondering how you could use start_form_tag to generate method=get. Probably a simple question but one I can''t answer with the API doc. Thanks in advance, Onno

Hello, I don''t understand how to use the options parameter of start_form_tag I want to have the class and id attributes of the form initialized to "Foo"... I suppose it''s something like start_form_tag( :options[''class''] => ''Foo'', :options[''id''] => ''Foo'') But I can''t...

How do I use... <%= link_to "All Facilities", :action => ''fac_log_all'' %> if I add :target => "_new" that is just a parameter and not a directive. I just want reports to print into a separate window. How do I do that? It''s not clear at all to me Craig

Hi all, What is the correct syntax to add an id attribute to a form tag with the "form_tag" helper? I''ve tried start_form_tag({:controller => ''houses'', :action => ''find''}, {:method => :get, :id => ''search''}) start_form_tag({:controller => ''houses'', :action => ''find''}, :method => :get, :id => ''searc...

Hi there, I have this form code in a view: <%= start_form_tag :action => "listByArtist", :id => artist.id %> <p><b>List by Artist:</b> <select id="artist_id" name="artists[id]"> <%= options_from_collection_for_select(@artists, "id", "name") %> </select> &l...

...atement like this: However such a statement generates a HTML tag that looks like this: <form action="/users/Login?onSubmit=validate%28%29" method="post"> Seems like Rails thinks it is a parameter instead of an option, so what I tried next was something like: <%= start_form_tag {:action => ''Add''}, {:onSubmit => ''validate()''} %> Sadly that doesn''t compile. From rubydocs the syntax for form_tag is form_tag(url_for_options = {}, options = {}, *parameters_for_url), so how do I specify the options that I''d want...

Hi, I''m wondering if there is any way to specify the id of a form tag with the start_form_tag helper. I''ve tried playing around with ", id=>"marginForm" " and also inclosing both the action variable and id variable in curley brackets. The Rails API doesn''t off much help for a n00b like me. It''s probably really easy but any help you guys can...

Hello, I would like to know is there is a way to avoid poluting the views with tons of <% %> ? Like this <%= start_form_tag() %> <%= text_field_tag(''category[title]'', category.title, {:size => 20, :maxlength => 128}) %> <% if not category.parent_id.nil? %> <%= select("category", "parent_id", Category.find(:all, :conditions => [ "id <...

This is probably a dumb question, but is there an easy way to set the focus of a form to the first visible/editable element? I''ve been googling lots and searching documentation and haven''t come up with anything. Help would be appreciated. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hello, The following view: <%= start_form_tag %> Enter term to find <p> <%= text_field_tag :name, params[:name] %> </p> <%= link_to "Find", { :action => ''find_term''} %> <%= end_form_tag %> does not appear to pass back the value of :name to t...

...l. I try to relocate controllers. Admin space controlers moved to /app/controllers/admin and user space controllers to /app/controllers/user In routes.rb I use map.connect ''search'', :controller => ''user/search'' that correct I see. But when I want to use start_form_tag or simply url_for, that used in start_form_tag, I do not know how generate url like /search, becouse url_tag return url corresponding with routes.rb rules: /user/search So, what is the right way to do this? -- timurv mailto:timurv-NKHNqjRO7gY@public.gmane.org

Hello, i have the application set up on my radrails. I was looking at the view generated by scaffold and i see a bunch of names, after looking up internet i found that they are helpers and generate the HTML for us. Now, i wanted to look at the helper code for start_form_tag, so that based on that i could write some of my own helpers in my helper classes... but i could not find the code anywhere for start_form_tag, end_form_tag, or submit_tag or render or anything... !! Also where could i find out what are the parameters required for these helpers (if i cant see t...

...39;'m running Locomotive Rails under OS X 10.4.4, and using Safari) I followed the directions to add the necessary items, then found out that I had to add the item to make the form tag be a multipart item. (Sebastian - you may want to update your docs for this!) However, when I changed the start_form_tag item to be: <%= start_form_tag :action => ''create'', :multipart => true %> I get a form tag like: <form action="/teams/create?multipart=true" method="post"> which leads to an error. I can change it to: <%= start_form_tag({:action =>...

...etting an error: "Unable to find without an ID. Hopefully someone here can tell me where I''ve gone astray. Here is the code I have right now: ##controller.rb def edit @support_call = SupportCall.find(params[:id]) end def find end ##find.rhtml <html> <body> <%= start_form_tag :action => "edit", :id => params[:id] %> <%= text_field "support_call", "id" %> <%= submit_tag "Find It!" %> <%= end_form_tag %> </body> </html> -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

How to make that the typed code on ruby in text_area it was carried out in @params ["name"]?? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

I can''t see how to use variables so I am using console to test things out... clients table - a column named first_name My very brief console session... >> clients = Client.find_by_sql("select * from clients where first_name = FN") ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid: RuntimeError: ERROR C42703 Mcolumn "fn" does not exist Fparse_expr.c L1034