Thanks, Vivek. If I use
form_for :car It always submits to current url/action by default. If you use the more RESTful approach (as described by Vivek) it posts to appropriate actions. My question is, in the :car case, wouldn't it be DRY-er to directly pick #create? (i.e, user doesn't have to explicitly do @car = Car.new when dealing with a new form)? On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Vivek Sampara <[email protected]> wrote: > It depends on the type of object you pass as a parameter to form_for. > > eg: > > @car = Car.new > > @car1 = Car.first > > form_for(@car) generates a url ( /cars ) method "post" #create action > form_for(@car1) generates a url ( /cars/:id/ ) method "put" # update > action. this happens when the object has been saved in the database already > > form_for doesn't generate a url pointing to :new action unless specified. > > > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:07 AM, candor <[email protected]> wrote: > >> form_for defaults to 'new' if no :url is specified. Why doesn't it >> default to 'create' instead, since that is the most common scenario? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/0bd7fcc4-74a8-46d0-b8da-2dd9272424a5%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/0bd7fcc4-74a8-46d0-b8da-2dd9272424a5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAFKVRj-75B4jz%3DKgv2BUrQP6moqoh3ni-aBvEnyUn5CQWCg-RA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CAFKVRj-75B4jz%3DKgv2BUrQP6moqoh3ni-aBvEnyUn5CQWCg-RA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/CACjeKtFn_OZpx7GKjQ-MTOo1DH6QHzkBrRAe9dz%2B4b_-TKsqzw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
