Okay so right now I have this as a route:
map.connect 'browse/:cal_name', :controller => 'browse', :action => 'events_listing'
If the :cal_name has spaces in it (Test Calendar) for example, then the url appears as Test+Calendar in the url. Is there a way to substitute something else (say '-' or something) for the '+' in the url?
Thanks for your help 
Okay so right now I have this as a route:
map.connect 'browse/:cal_name', :controller => 'browse', :action => 'events_listing'
If the :cal_name has spaces in it (Test Calendar) for example, then the url appears as Test+Calendar in the url. Is there a way to substitute something else (say '-' or something) for the '+' in the url?
I'd mix things up a little bit. I'm going to assume some things about your model names, but that's not the important part
class Calendar < ActiveRecord::Base # assuming the following columns: id:integer, name:string
def to_param "#{id}-#{name.gsub(/[^a-z0-9]+/i, '-').downcase}" rescue id end
end
Then change your route to this:
map.browse_calendar 'browse/:calendar', :controller => 'browse', :action => 'events_listing'
Then in your controller do this:
@calendar = Calendar.find(123) # assuming id=123 is 'Test Calendar'
And in your view do this:
<%= link_to 'Browse', browse_calendar_path(:calendar => @calendar) %>
That should result in a URL such as:
/browse/123-test-calendar
If for some reason doing the substition in that to_param() method fails you will get:
/browse/123
In either case you can then use that information in your events_listing action to retrive the calendar using:
Calendar.find_by_id(params[:calendar])
You could also change the to_param() method to not put the "123-" at the beginning, but would then need to tweak your finding later on to look for either an id or a calendar name.
Hope this helps,
-philip
Is there a way to just alter the :cal_name (i.e. gsub(' ', '-')) or something in the route? I'm a newbie so bare with me...this is probably completely obvious ><
Is there a way to just alter the :cal_name (i.e. gsub(' ', '-')) or something in the route? I'm a newbie so bare with me...this is probably completely obvious ><
Yes.
Exactly what you have above will work...
Philip Hallstrom wrote:
Is there a way to just alter the :cal_name (i.e. gsub(' ', '-')) or something in the route? I'm a newbie so bare with me...this is probably completely obvious ><
Yes.
Exactly what you have above will work...
but how do I get it to do the gsub in the middle of a string?
Philip Hallstrom wrote:
Is there a way to just alter the :cal_name (i.e. gsub(' ', '-')) or something in the route? I'm a newbie so bare with me...this is probably completely obvious ><
Yes.
Exactly what you have above will work...
but how do I get it to do the gsub in the middle of a string?
<%= link_to 'browse', {:action => 'event_listing', :cal_name => "Test Calendar".gsub(' ', '-')} %>
-philip
doing "browse/#{:calname.gsub(' ', '-')}" doesn't work
Amanda .. wrote:
doing "browse/#{:calname.gsub(' ', '-')}" doesn't work
haha bad timing, okay i'll try that
Philip Hallstrom wrote:
<%= link_to 'browse', {:action => 'event_listing', :cal_name => "Test Calendar".gsub(' ', '-')} %>
-philip
Okay the problem with this is that the actual :cal_name with spaces is really important in my code...maybe I should just add another parameter?
Amanda .. wrote:
Okay the problem with this is that the actual :cal_name with spaces is really important in my code...maybe I should just add another parameter?
Nevermind if I add another parameter, it just puts :cal_name on the end of it lol...is there a way to use gsub right in
map.connect 'browse/:cal_name', :controller => 'browse', :action => 'events_listing'?
Okay figured out a way to do it..completely inefficient though