Is there an easy way to create error messages and display them in the view without using a model from ActiveRecord. I just quickly added a temporary new field to a form that I have no desire to store in the db and will probably remove it shortly. I used text_field_tag on the view which doesn't require a model but if it's not provided by the user I still want to return the error message to the view. I was just hoping for a simple way to return error messages to the view without having to add them to a model.
Hi Eric,
Eric Northam wrote:
Is there an easy way to create error messages and display them in the view without using a model from ActiveRecord. I just quickly added a temporary new field to a form that I have no desire to store in the db and will probably remove it shortly. I used text_field_tag on the view which doesn't require a model but if it's not provided by the user I still want to return the error message to the view. I was just hoping for a simple way to return error messages to the view without having to add them to a model.
It sounds like the flash method, probably along with some logic to redirect_to :back in the case of an error, should give you what you're looking for.
hth, Bill