# FORM fields sent to the CONTROLLER **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 16, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-fields-sent-to-the-controller/187097 "2010-04-16T22:16:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidz101)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-fields-sent-to-the-controller/187097/1 "2010-04-16T22:16:44Z")
Is there anyway to send form fields that were just filled out (after the user hits submit) and send those values to a contrller? Also, is there a way to get the values of a certain field in a table and put that into the contrller? How would i do that? Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidz101)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-fields-sent-to-the-controller/187097/2 "2010-04-16T22:41:19Z")
On 16 April 2010 21:15, David Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Is there anyway to send form fields that were just filled out (after > the user hits submit) and send those values to a contrller? How can the user fill out form fields after hitting submit? > Also, is > there a way to get the values of a certain field in a table and put > that into the contrller? Any input fields in a form (whether in a table or not) will be sent to the controller on submit, unless they are empty. Try it and look in the log file (development.log) and you will see them in the params. Colin ---
**Author:** ![davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidz101)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-fields-sent-to-the-controller/187097/3 "2010-04-17T00:12:40Z")
right i understand colin what you mean, but u must have mis understood my question- My question is after the user hits submit, how can i transfer the content for the fields in the form that he just filled out- into the controller? Do you understand? FOr ex— \<% form\_for @course do |f| %\> \<%= f.error\_messages %\> \<%= f.label :title %\> \<%= f.text\_field :title %\> \<%= f.label :subtitle %\> \<%= f.text\_field :subtitle %\> \<%= f.label :body %\> \<%= f.text\_area :body %\> \<%= f.submit "Submit" %\> \<% end %\> Now, for example i wrote the words “foo” for all of them. In my Courses Controller, is there a way to pass the values of the form fields into the controller? ---
**Author:** ![davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidz101)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 10:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-fields-sent-to-the-controller/187097/4 "2010-04-17T10:00:50Z")
On 16 April 2010 23:11, David Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > form fields into the controller? As I stated in my previous mail all input field values are available to the controller in the params array. I think you may benefit from working through the rails guides at [http://guides.rubyonrails.org/](http://guides.rubyonrails.org/). Start with Getting Started obviously. By the way, when replying could you insert your reply at appropriate point in previous email rather than at the top, it makes it easier to follow the thread. Colin ---
**Author:** ![davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidz101)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-fields-sent-to-the-controller/187097/5 "2010-04-18T03:57:03Z")
wait what am I doing wrong with my posting? ---
**Author:** ![davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidz101)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2010, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-fields-sent-to-the-controller/187097/6 "2010-04-18T10:15:08Z")
On 18 April 2010 02:55, David Z. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > wait what am I doing wrong with my posting? Are you talking about POST in rails, or email posting here? If the email then it is best to insert your reply into the previous email as I have here (after your question), rather than at the top of the mail. This makes it easier to follow the thread. Colin ---
**Author:** ![davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidz101)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-fields-sent-to-the-controller/187097/7 "2010-04-19T09:39:14Z")
I think he means how he can specify where the request is going to go. The form\_for takes an :url paramter that lets you set the destination of the request. \<% form\_for @course, :url =\> {:controller =\> ‘my\_controller’, :action =\> ‘my\_action’, :id =\> ‘my\_id’} do |f| %\> ---
**Author:** ![davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidz101)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-fields-sent-to-the-controller/187097/8 "2010-04-21T00:11:06Z")
Wait colin, I’m just hitting “Reply” at the bottom of the page. Isn’t that what I’m supposed to do? I’m pretty sure everything is in chronological order as welll… what exactly do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f0a364/32.png) [@davidz101](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/davidz101)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/form-fields-sent-to-the-controller/187097/9 "2010-04-21T00:13:15Z")
David Z. wrote: > Wait colin, I’m just hitting “Reply” at the bottom of the page. Isn’t > that what I’m supposed to do? Yes, but then type your reply _after_ the relevant lines in the quoted text (as I’m doing here). This is the order in which you’d have a conversation. ## Best, Marnen Laibow-Koser [http://www.marnen.org](http://www.marnen.org) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid