Link_to not doing the expected.

rubyonrails-talk
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Can anyone explain why a Link_to inside a table <td> should print out the link if the field is null, but print out the field if it contain data(text) in both rails 3 and 2.3.5.

If the field is nul it prints out:- "/dsplaces/100? country=UK&area=London"

If the field contains data (text) it prints out correctly. The code is:-

<td><%= link_to truncate(dsplace.description ,:length => 35), dsplace_path(:id => dsplace.id, :country=> dsplace.country, :area=> dsplace.placename) %></td>

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Otherwise you'd have nothing to click on. Is this dsplace.description blank, perhaps?

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com http://AgileConsultingLLC.com/ rab@GaslightSoftware.com http://GaslightSoftware.com/

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Thanks for that I will put in an if !=null or make sure the field is not empty