Wouldn't that give me "/papas/1/sons/new"? Not exactly what I'm looking for if I understand it correctly, but thanks.
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Dave S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It sounds like you want to be using nested resources. Try something > like this > > map.resources :papas, :has_many => [:sons, :daughters] > > For more info read... > > http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Resources.html > > On Oct 1, 10:35 pm, Greg DeVore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ian- >> I don't know how you would do that in the way you are describing. One >> possibility though would be to do this: >> >> map.resources :sons, :controller => "papas" >> map.resources :daughters, :controller => "papas" >> >> This will point both routes to the papas controller. You won't see >> "sons" or "daughters" come through as params. But you can query >> request.env['REQUEST_URI'] and you would get back something like '/ >> sons/new/'. >> >> So: >> 1. request.env['REQUEST_URI'].split("/") will give you an array >> ["","sons","new"] >> 2. access [1] of the array and you will have your parameter. >> >> A little convoluted but I think that it would do what you want. >> >> Greg >> >> On Oct 1, 2008, at 6:12 PM, Ian Smith-Heisters wrote: >> >> >> >> > Sure. You have it basically right, but let me elaborate. >> >> > I have models like so: >> >> > class Papa < ActiveRecord::Base; abstract_class = true; end >> > class Daughter < Papa; end >> > class Son < Papa; end >> >> > I have this controller: >> >> > class PapaController < ApplicationController >> > def new; @model = new_model; end >> > def new_model >> > params[:type].classify.constantize.new # there's more safety logic >> > here in reality, but this is the gist >> > end >> > end >> >> > I started with the default route: >> >> > map.resources :papa >> >> > So, then, I can create a new son by doing GET /papa/new?type=son, >> > which is fine, but not ideal. Ideally, I would do GET /son/new, but it >> > would still use the Papa controller, and set params[:type] to "son". >> > This is what I have right now: >> >> > map.resources :papa, :path_prefix => '/:type' >> >> > which allows me to GET /son/papa/new, and create links like >> > papa_path(@model.type.to_s.downcase, @model). >> >> > So the question is how to make these specs pass: >> >> > params_from(:get, "/son/new").should == {:controller => 'papa', >> > :action => 'new', :type => 'son'} >> > params_from(:get, "/daughter/new").should == {:controller => 'papa', >> > :action => 'new', :type => 'daughter'} >> >> > Is that clearer? >> >> > Thanks, >> > Ian > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
