# Advice on form\_tag get post and will\_paginate

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advice-on-form-tag-get-post-and-will-paginate/158656>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 26, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advice-on-form-tag-get-post-and-will-paginate/158656 "2009-01-26T13:58:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![raimon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@raimon](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/raimon)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/advice-on-form-tag-get-post-and-will-paginate/158656/1 "2009-01-26T13:58:31Z")

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Hello,

I’m using a custom form for querying some data. The resulted rows can be  
enormous, so I’m using will\_paginate.

If I use a form\_tag with Post, the URL is nicer, but I don’t get the  
params in the subsequent calls to will\_paginate footers, as it only adds  
the params automatically if the form is submitted using a get method.

Of course I can managa myself it adding the params option when creating  
the will\_paginate footer.

If I use a form\_tag with the get method, the url gets ‘dirty’ full of  
params and id’s but the will\_paginate and subsequent calls are easir and  
simpler for my life.

how you are doing it?

thanks,

r.