URL with data help

rubyonrails-talk
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Im want to put some data on a url and take it to another page were it will be put in a text box.

I tried to ad it to the link like this but ut says I have a nil object.

<%= link_to 'Rate this product', new_rating_path(@product.item_name) %>

I want to put it into this textbox

<%= f.text_field :item_name %>

Can anyone help as this is really puzzling me ?

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If you want to pass it in the params, you should name the data item...

link_to 'Rate this product', new_rating_path(:product_name => @product.item_name)

Then in the new method for the ratings controller, simply check for that params value:

def new   @rating = Rating.new   if params[:product_name]     @rating.item_name = params[:product_name]   end   respond_to do |format|     blah blah blah   end end

In your view, the item_name data should be there.

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Ar Chron wrote:

If you want to pass it in the params, you should name the data item...

link_to 'Rate this product', new_rating_path(:product_name => @product.item_name)

Then in the new method for the ratings controller, simply check for that params value:

def new   @rating = Rating.new   if params[:product_name]     @rating.item_name = params[:product_name]   end   respond_to do |format|     blah blah blah   end end

In your view, the item_name data should be there.

Thanks, thats so simple and i'm so stupid. Why does ruby keep doing this to me :(. Thanks again :slight_smile: