# Passing form information **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [November 26, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-form-information/154234 "2008-11-26T17:05:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-form-information/154234/1 "2008-11-26T17:05:11Z")
Hello everyone I am new to RoR and I was wanting to know how to pass form information (first\_name, last\_name, phone\_number, and email) to a session so that I can use them in another form later? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-form-information/154234/2 "2008-11-26T17:12:50Z")
Try session[:firstname] = firstname; Hope that helps. [http://www.jim-rants.com/coding-blog/](http://www.jim-rants.com/coding-blog/) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-form-information/154234/3 "2008-11-26T17:15:48Z")
Can I go session[:prospect] = params [:first\_name, :last\_name, :email, :phone\_number] Will this put them all in one session and allow me to pull them from that session later? ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-form-information/154234/4 "2008-11-26T18:33:36Z")
Hi Sean, By default, you can use the hash either use the whole Hash or value of one key at a time to store and retrieve in another Hash But you can add this to your class to open HashWithIndifferentAccess and add “values” method for you class HashWithIndifferentAccess def values(\*indices) hash = {} indices.each {|i| hash[i] = self[i]} p hash hash end end #Example a = {} a[:a] = 1 a[:b] = 2 a[:c] = 3 a[:d] = 4 a[:e] = 5 b = a.values(:a, :b)#{:a=\>1, :b=\>2} Please let me know if you have a doubts using the same Regards, NAYAK[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-form-information/154234/5 "2008-11-26T19:18:52Z")
On Nov 26, 5:32 pm, NAYAK [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi Sean, > > By default, you can use the hash either use the whole Hash or value of one > key at a time to store and retrieve in another Hash > But you can add this to your class to open HashWithIndifferentAccess and add > “values” method for you Why add that method when there’s already a values\_at method that does exactly that ? Fred ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-form-information/154234/6 "2008-11-26T19:21:48Z")
How does the values\_at method work? Sean McGilvray & Sarena Byers Executive Director Identity Theft Specialist Pre-Paid Legal Service’s, Inc. NYSE:PPD Phone: 760-486-1019 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://www.transferhome.net](http://www.transferhome.net) On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Frederick C. \< ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-form-information/154234/7 "2008-11-26T19:28:50Z")
Thank you Sean McGilvray & Sarena Byers Executive Director Identity Theft Specialist Pre-Paid Legal Service’s, Inc. NYSE:PPD Phone: 760-486-1019 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [http://www.transferhome.net](http://www.transferhome.net) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-form-information/154234/8 "2008-11-26T19:52:20Z")
On Nov 26, 6:26 pm, NAYAK [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > > values\_at method does not do the same as it returns a array and hence we > cannot restore the values in a hash for later purposes > BTW values\_at can be used as > a.values\_at(:a, :b) Oops, getting mixed up here. The method I meant was slice (which is a rails addition). If you do add a method, I wouldn’t call it values, as that would overwrite the usual values method which might cause problems further down the line. Fred ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sean\_McGilvray](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sean_McGilvray)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/passing-form-information/154234/9 "2008-11-26T19:27:04Z")
Hi, values\_at method does not do the same as it returns a array and hence we cannot restore the values in a hash for later purposes BTW values\_at can be used as a.values\_at(:a, :b) Regards, NAYAK