RESTful but use create in another controller

rubyonrails-talk
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I have a RESTful setup, where one is for messages. In MessagesController I have the basic methods. But I have problems when I want to "create" from another controller. I took the form in new.erb.html from message view and copied that to a new file in views in a different location, and another controller. What if I want to have a method in the new controller called create_message, how should this form_for be changed?

<% form_for(@message) do |f| %>

2

What is the "create" action currently doing in the MessagesController?

"New" can surely be from a different controller, but if you're being RESTful, why not keep "create" in the MessagesController?

You can pass in options, though:

<% form_for @message, :url => path do |f| %>

Stephen

3

That's true. But what if I want to redirect_to another action and still use the create in the MessagesController?