# Nested Resources. What does the controller look like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 14, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resources-what-does-the-controller-look-like/106781 "2007-06-14T01:54:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![liquid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@liquid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liquid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resources-what-does-the-controller-look-like/106781/1 "2007-06-14T01:54:59Z")
Hi, A recent thread on the ruby list has got me thinking about what a controller would look like for nested resources. > However, in terms of template and controller lines, Damage probably > (simplistically) only accounts for about 20% the application total. What would the damages controller look like in this situation? How much, and what code goes into determining what objects are to be setup? For my project I have a situation where I have map.resources :books, :has\_many =\> :clips /books/1/clips This is fine, I can deal with this, but I would also like another part where I can look into others books /public/username/books/1/clips But I don’t really know what the controller should look like to set this up. Any tips or links to discussion on this would be great Cheers Daniel [http://www.techsmith.com/featured/snag](http://www.techsmith.com/featured/snag) ---
**Author:** ![liquid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@liquid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liquid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resources-what-does-the-controller-look-like/106781/2 "2007-06-14T02:51:05Z")
On Jun 13, 2007, at 7:53 PM, Daniel N wrote: > house.resources :damages > What would the damages controller look like in this situation? How > > /public/username/books/1/clips > > But I don’t really know what the controller should look like to set > this up. > > Any tips or links to discussion on this would be great > > Cheers > Daniel Not that I know where the :has\_many option on resources is supposed to go. (this would be on your MODEL not the route) Anyway, you can use the #with\_options method to automagically add options to all method calls in a block: map.with\_options :controller =\> :libraries do |library| library.borrow ‘borrow/:id’, :action =\> ‘borrow’ library.request ‘request/:id’, :action =\> ‘request’ end is the same as: map.borrow ‘borrow/:id’, :controller =\> :libraries, :action =\> ‘borrow’ map.request ‘request/:id’, :controller =\> :libraries, :action =\> ‘request’ Look at: [http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Routing.html](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Routing.html) [http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Resources.html](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Resources.html) -Rob Rob B. [http://agileconsultingllc.com](http://agileconsultingllc.com) removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![liquid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@liquid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liquid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resources-what-does-the-controller-look-like/106781/3 "2007-06-14T02:59:06Z")
On 6/14/07, Josh K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > In edge rails you can now call has\_many and has\_one to include nested > resources, thus the example is valid. > > – > Josh K. > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://joshknowles.com](http://joshknowles.com) To tell you the truth, the routing is only a secondary issue for the question at hand. What I’m really after is to know what the damages controller would look like. How does it manage the owning resource is that was called? Cheers ---
**Author:** ![liquid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@liquid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/liquid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/nested-resources-what-does-the-controller-look-like/106781/4 "2007-06-14T02:56:06Z")
On 6/13/07, Rob B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Not that I know where the :has\_many option _on resources_ is supposed to > go. (this would be on your MODEL not the route) In edge rails you can now call has\_many and has\_one to include nested resources, thus the example is valid. – Josh K. removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://joshknowles.com](http://joshknowles.com)