Restful delete/destroy

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Hello,

I am sure this is a simple problem but for some reason I can't get it to work. I am trying to delete a record. My routes.rb has: map.resources :ads

...the AdsController has:   def destroy     @ad = Ad.find(params[:id])     @ad.destroy

    respond_to do |format|         format.html { redirect_to(ads_url) }         format.xml { head :ok }     end   end

...and the index.html.erb has: <ul> <% @ads.each do |ad| %>   <li><%= link_to h(ad.name), ad %> [<%= link_to "Delete", ads_path (ad), :method => :destroy %>]</li> <% end %> </ul>

But instead of destroying a record, it creates a new empty record. Also, when looking at the url of 'Delete' I get http://localhost:3000/ads.%23<ad:0x24681b8>

TIA, Elle

2

try changing the delete link to ad_path(ad) instead of ads_path(ad).

3

I get:

ActionController::MethodNotAllowed Only get, put, and delete requests are allowed.

which I don't understand -- since isn't the request delete??

4

Solved. 1. As Andrew suggested, I used ad_path(ad) in singular

2. I left the name of the method as destroy, so: def destroy ... end

3. Changed the :method => :delete so, my delete link ended up as: <%= link_to 'Delete', ad_path(ad), :method => :delete %>

Thanks, Elle