# Link\_to submit form value 2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [October 31, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-submit-form-value-2/152211 "2008-10-31T10:38:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/9d8465/32.png) [@qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qwerty73)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-submit-form-value-2/152211/1 "2008-10-31T10:38:16Z")
Hi to all, I’d like to pass with a link to values inside some form. I’ve read in other posts that it’s possible if i include the forms inside a html ... So here it's my code of the view : | Titolo di studio | | Istituto | Data di conseguimento | Voto/giudizio | | \<%= text\_field 'study', 'istituto'%\> | \<%= date\_select 'study', 'conseguito', {:include\_blank =\> true}%\> | \<%= text\_field 'study', 'voto'%\> | \<%=link\_to “Aggiungi”, { :controller =\> “studies”, :action=\> “create”, :id\_nominee =\> @nominee.id, :study =\> @study}, :submit =\> ‘study’, :html =\> { :method =\> :post} %\> where in submit value of Link\_to i’ve specified the div id. When i click on link\_to no forms values are passed… Can somebody help me??? ---
**Author:** ![qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/9d8465/32.png) [@qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qwerty73)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-submit-form-value-2/152211/2 "2008-10-31T10:47:20Z")
On Oct 31, 9:38 am, Andrea C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi to all, > > I’d like to pass with a link to values inside some form. I’ve read in > other posts that it’s possible if i include the forms inside a html > > ... That sounds made up to me. Links (without javascript help) don’t submit forms. if you have to have a link that submits a form, by far the easiest way is to have a link whose onclick is $ (‘some\_form’).submit() (link\_to\_function makes this easy). Fred ---
**Author:** ![qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/9d8465/32.png) [@qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qwerty73)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-submit-form-value-2/152211/3 "2008-10-31T10:56:20Z")
Frederick C. wrote: > On Oct 31, 9:38�am, Andrea C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > Hi to all, > > > > I’d like to pass with a link to values inside some form. I’ve read in > > other posts that it’s possible if i include the forms inside a html > > > > ... > > That sounds made up to me. Links (without javascript help) don’t > submit forms. if you have to have a link that submits a form, by far > the easiest way is to have a link whose onclick is $ > (‘some\_form’).submit() (link\_to\_function makes this easy). > > Fred hi Fred, this is the topic [Submitting form with link\_to - Rails - Ruby-Forum](http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/146247#new) where i’ve read the suggestion… So i was searching the right syntax for doing that, i’ll try to know more about link\_to\_function, but i’d like to know if it’s really possible in the other way, cause i’ve found more than one person that suggest that way… Tanks for your reply Andrea ---
**Author:** ![qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/9d8465/32.png) [@qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qwerty73)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-submit-form-value-2/152211/4 "2008-10-31T14:57:33Z")
Andrea C. wrote: > \<%=link\_to “Aggiungi”, { :controller =\> “studies”, :action=\> “create”, > :id\_nominee =\> @nominee.id, :study =\> @study}, :submit =\> ‘study’, :html > =\> { :method =\> :post} %\> > > where in submit value of Link\_to i’ve specified the div id. > When i click on link\_to no forms values are passed… > Can somebody help me??? I am doing the exact thing that you are asking about the only difference is that I am using a link\_to\_remote, here is my code: \<%= link\_to\_remote(‘Save’, {:submit =\> “car\_prefs”, :update =\> ‘account\_car\_prefs’, :complete =\> ‘new Effect.Pulsate(‘account\_car\_prefs’);’, :url =\> {:action =\> ‘car\_prefs’, :id =\> @account.id}}, :class =\> “squarebutton”) %\> My car\_prefs div encapsulates all the textfields and dropdowns and then the :complete just updates another div - account\_car\_prefs - when the action has completed. You might also try looking at the source to make sure that the html is being generated properly, I say this because it seems more often then not, for me, that I always get the { } put in the wrong place when using additional options and you can also tell if you are using them wrong because the html doesn’t get formed right. -S ---
**Author:** ![qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/9d8465/32.png) [@qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qwerty73)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-submit-form-value-2/152211/5 "2008-10-31T11:31:56Z")
On 31 Oct 2008, at 09:56, Andrea C. wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > i’ve > > > read the suggestion… > > > > > > That’s just wrong. Probably confused by the fact that link\_to\_remote > > > does take a :submit option (which should be the id of a form element) > > > > > > Fred > > > > > > > So i was searching the right syntax for doing that, i’ll try to know > > > > more about link\_to\_function, but i’d like to know if it’s really > > > > possible in the other way, cause i’ve found more than one person that > > > > suggest that way… > > > > Tanks for your reply ---
**Author:** ![qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/9d8465/32.png) [@qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qwerty73)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-submit-form-value-2/152211/6 "2008-10-31T16:42:15Z")
On 31 Oct 2008, at 15:19, Andrea C. wrote: > > then > > -S > > Hi Shandy, > > really thanks for your reply… NOw it works!!! > I was really SAD for the first answer 😃 now i’m better Just so you’re aware, the above does rely on javascript and the prototype libraries - it won’t work without javascript. Fred ---
**Author:** ![qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/9d8465/32.png) [@qwerty73](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/qwerty73)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/link-to-submit-form-value-2/152211/7 "2008-10-31T16:19:48Z")
Shandy N. wrote: > \<%= link\_to\_remote(‘Save’, > {:submit =\> “car\_prefs”, :update =\> ‘account\_car\_prefs’, > :complete =\> ‘new Effect.Pulsate(‘account\_car\_prefs’);’, > :url =\> {:action =\> ‘car\_prefs’, :id =\> @account.id}}, > :class =\> “squarebutton”) %\> > > My car\_prefs div encapsulates all the textfields and dropdowns and then > the :complete just updates another div - account\_car\_prefs - when the > action has completed. You might also try looking at the source to make > sure that the html is being generated properly, I say this because it > seems more often then not, for me, that I always get the { } put in the > wrong place when using additional options and you can also tell if you > are using them wrong because the html doesn’t get formed right. > > -S Hi Shandy, really thanks for your reply… NOw it works!!! I was really SAD for the first answer 😃 now i’m better