From: Agnisys <agnisys@...>
Date: 2007-05-03T09:50:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie question: How to get an object in the Controller from a view's hidden field

Thanks Igor for you useful response. I would try the Rails community.
I didn't realize this is a Ruby ONLY list. 

Anupam.

--- Ivor Paul <ivorpaul@gmail.com> wrote:

> You will need to pass the id and then get the object from the db using the
> id in the controller.
> 
> Secondly - ruby is the language in which rails is developed. This list is
> for the language, which is used for more than just rails, so posting rails
> questions to this list is annoying to people who have nothing to do with
> rails.
> 
> For rails related questions join the rails mailing list:
> 
> http://www.rubyonrails.org/community
> 
> Regards
> Ivor
> 
> On 5/2/07, Agnisys <agnisys@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >   I'm trying to pass an object from the View to the controller as a hidden
> > field.
> >
> >   Two quick questions:
> >   For a hidden field, how do I pass a complete object to the controller?
> >   For example, I have an object of type Issue, what should the second
> > argument be in the
> > following:
> >
> >    <%= hidden_field("issue", ?, "value" => @issue) %>
> >
> >   Secondly, how would I access this object in the controller?
> >
> >   Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Anupam.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>