# Quickly Set Param in View

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quickly-set-param-in-view/240608>\
**Category:** Deployment\
**Created:** [April 23, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quickly-set-param-in-view/240608 "2014-04-23T00:00:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quickly-set-param-in-view/240608/1 "2014-04-23T00:00:55Z")

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For testing purposes, I just want to set a param value in a view.

But, don’t want to do any links or javascript.

What’s the best to quickly set a param[:x] in the view so I can access  
in controller.

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**Author:** ![jan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ce7236/32.png) [@jan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jan)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 11:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/quickly-set-param-in-view/240608/2 "2014-05-06T11:38:56Z")

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you can just add hidden field in html and set the value into the same