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diff --git a/guides/source/getting_started.textile b/guides/source/getting_started.textile index 88d5ce6d9b..fae12f825d 100644 --- a/guides/source/getting_started.textile +++ b/guides/source/getting_started.textile @@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ Moving on, we need to add the +update+ action. The file +config/routes.rb+ will need just one more line: <ruby> -put "posts/:id/update" +put "posts/:id" => "posts#update" </ruby> And the +update+ action in +posts_controller+ itself should not look too complicated by now: @@ -930,6 +930,106 @@ Our +edit+ action looks very similar to the +new+ action, in fact they both share the same code for displaying the form. Lets clean them up by using a +_form+ partial. +Create a new file +app/views/posts/_form.html.erb+ with the following +content: + +<erb> +<%= form_for @post do |f| %> + <% if @post.errors.any? %> + <div id="errorExplanation"> + <h2><%= pluralize(@post.errors.count, "error") %> prohibited + this post from being saved:</h2> + <ul> + <% @post.errors.full_messages.each do |msg| %> + <li><%= msg %></li> + <% end %> + </ul> + </div> + <% end %> + <p> + <%= f.label :title %><br> + <%= f.text_field :title %> + </p> + + <p> + <%= f.label :text %><br> + <%= f.text_area :text %> + </p> + + <p> + <%= f.submit %> + </p> +<% end %> +</erb> + +Everything except for the +form_for+ declaration remained the same. I'll +explain later how +form_for+ can figure out the right +action+ and ++method+ attributes when building the form, for now let's update the ++new+ and +edit+ views: + +<erb> +# app/views/posts/new.html.erb + +<h1>New post</h1> + +<%= render 'form' %> + +<%= link_to 'Back', :action => :index %> + + +# app/views/posts/edit.html.erb + +<h1>Edit post</h1> + +<%= render 'form' %> + +<%= link_to 'Back', :action => :index %> +</erb> + +Point your browser to +"http://localhost:3000/posts/new":http://localhost:3000/posts/new and +try creating a new post. Everything still works. Now try editing the +post and you'll receive the following error: + +!images/getting_started/undefined_method_post_path.png(Undefined method +post_path)! + +To understand this error, you need to understand how +form_for+ works. +When you pass an object to +form_for+ and you don't specify a +:url+ +option, Rails will try to guess the +action+ and +method+ options by +checking if the passed object is a new record or not. Rails follows the +REST convention, so to create a new +Post+ object it will look for a +route named +posts_path+, and to update a +Post+ object it will look for +a route named +post_path+ and pass the current object. Similarly, rails +knows that it should create new objects via POST and update them via +PUT. + +If you run +rake routes+ from the console you'll see that we already +have a +posts_path+ route, which was created automatically by Rails. +However, we don't have a +post_path+ yet, which is the reason why we +received an error before. + +<shell> +# rake routes + + posts GET /posts(.:format) posts#index + posts_new GET /posts/new(.:format) posts#new +posts_create POST /posts/create(.:format) posts#create + GET /posts/:id(.:format) posts#show + GET /posts/:id/edit(.:format) posts#edit + PUT /posts/:id(.:format) posts#update + root / welcome#index +</shell> + +To fix this, open +config/routes.rb+ and modify the +get "posts/:id"+ +line like this: + +<ruby> +get "posts/:id" => "posts#show", :as => :post +</ruby> + +Now you'll be able to update posts again. + h4. Using the Console To see your validations in action, you can use the console. The console is a |