help me understand what to_param does on a hash

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Hi all, I'm trying to track down the source of the to_param method for hashes. let's say I have a hash like this: {:b=>"This is a description", :a=>"1"} what I currently get from to_param is "a=1&b=This+is+a+description" which is both sorted and escaped. The problem is I need the values to be URI escaped (a space should be %20, not a +) and I can't figure out an easy way to do it. I also can't track down the actual source (for example, how does the sorting takes place?)

can someone help out? Thanks :slight_smile:

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Hi all, I'm trying to track down the source of the to_param method for hashes. let's say I have a hash like this: {:b=>"This is a description", :a=>"1"} what I currently get from to_param is "a=1&b=This+is+a+description" which is both sorted and escaped. The problem is I need the values to be URI escaped (a space should be %20, not a +) and I can't figure out an easy way to do it. I also
can't

CGI::escape disagrees

track down the actual source (for example, how does the sorting takes place?)

It's in active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions.rb

Fred