What's calling update action?

Rails 3.1.3

Hi. I have defined a new action, create_or_update, namely, it creates if doesn't exist, update if exists.

def create_or_update     @script = Script.find_or_create_by_startp_and_video_id(params[:startp], params[:video_id])     reposnd_to do |format|       @script.update_attributes({                                   :id => self.id,                                   :startp => self.startp,                                   :text => self.text                                 })     end end

And in the view,

    <%= render :partial => "create_or_update_script", :locals => { :script => Script.find_or_create_by_video_id(:video_id => @video.id)} %>

(hoping that it) renders, _create_or_update_script.html.erb

  <%= form_for script,       :url=>{:controller=>'scripts', :action=>'create_or_update'}, :remote => true do |f| %>     <%= f.hidden_field :video_id %>     <%= f.text_field :startp, :readonly => true %>     <%= f.text_field :text %>     <%= f.submit "create_or_update" %>   <% end %>

I specified both the controller and the action. If I try to save a new entry, it gives an error,

Started PUT "/scripts/create_or_update" for 127.0.0.1 at 2012-02-19 19:53:33 +0900   Processing by ScriptsController#update as JS   Parameters: {"utf8"=>"✓", "authenticity_token"=>"VoFDQN3sbqdUmiYEd8E54IlTI3yJPuNpMf9sc2Gmtho=", "script"=>{"video_id"=>"18", "startp"=>"41", "text"=>"how this is happening"}, "commit"=>"create_or_update", "id"=>"create_or_update"}   Script Load (0.1ms) SELECT "scripts".* FROM "scripts" WHERE "scripts"."startp" IS NULL LIMIT 1 Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 122ms NoMethodError (undefined method `startp' for #<ScriptsController:0x00000129eb5120>):   app/controllers/scripts_controller.rb:79:in `block in update'   app/controllers/scripts_controller.rb:76:in `update'

It is calling "app/controllers/scripts_controller.rb:79:in `block in update'", which is

  def update     @script = Script.find_by_startp(params[:startp])     respond_to do |format|       if @script.update_attributes(params[:script])         format.json { head :ok }       else         format.html { render action: "edit" }         format.json { render json: @script.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }      end     end   end

Also, in the error, ""id"=>"create_or_update"" which is supposed to be an integer for the id of 'script', if I understand Rails correctly.

My question is: 1. Why is it calling the update action? (I am guessing it's due to routes.rb) 2. How can I pass the proper id for 'Script' ?

Thanks in advance.

soichi

Hi soichi, Please set proper routes may solve your problem.

Have a look at the Rails Guide on Routing to find how to get it to go to the correct action.

Colin

Thanks all.

I put in routes.rb

  resources :scripts do     member do       put 'create_or_update'     end   end

then, it recognizes the action I defined!

soichi