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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 13, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rhtml-to-controller/106697 "2007-06-13T11:59:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:**  [@guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/guest)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rhtml-to-controller/106697/1 "2007-06-13T11:59:06Z")
Hello
I have big Problem with an function. I want to change the Password for a
User in my Program.
View:
Neues Passwort
\<%form\_tag :url =\> {:controller =\> :admin, :action =\>
:changepw\_admin} do %\>
Bitte alle Felder ausfuellen.
| altes
Passwort: | \<%= password\_field\_tag :old\_password,
params[:old\_password], :size =\> 30 %\> |
| neues Passwort: | \<%= password\_field\_tag :new\_password,
params[:new\_password], :size =\> 30 %\> |
| Passwort bestaetigen: | \<%= password\_field\_tag
:new\_password\_confirmation, params[:new\_password\_confirmation], :size =\>
30 %\> |
\<%= submit\_tag “Passwort aendern”%\>
\<% end %\>
Controller:
def changepw\_admin
@user = User.fignd\_by\_id(session[:user\_id])
@user.reset\_pw(params[:new\_password])
@user.save
flash[:notice] =“Password fuer #{@user.username} geändert”
redirect\_to(:action =\> “index”)
end
Log:
Processing AdminController#change\_admin (for 127.0.0.1 at 2007-06-08
15:37:37) [POST]
Session ID: 2941d2fee48c9a3ed0f73614cbbce94c
Parameters: {“commit”=\>“Passwort aendern”,
“url”=\>“controlleradminactionchangepw\_admin”, “action”=\>“change\_admin”,
“controller”=\>“admin”, “old\_password”=\>“12345”,
“new\_password”=\>“er90di”, “new\_password\_confirmation”=\>“er90di”}
e[4;35;1mUser Columns (0.000000)e[0m e[0mSHOW FIELDS FROM userse[0m
e[4;36;1mUser Load (0.000000)e[0m e[0;1mSELECT \* FROM users WHERE
(users.`id` = 1) LIMIT 1e[0m
e[4;35;1mUser Load (0.000000)e[0m e[0mSELECT \* FROM users WHERE
(users.`id` = 1) LIMIT 1e[0m
Rendering within layouts/admin
Rendering admin/change\_admin
Completed in 0.07000 (14 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.01000 (14%) | DB:
0.00000 (0%) | 200 OK
[[http://localhost/admin/change\_admin?url=controlleradminactionchangepw\_admin](http://localhost/admin/change_admin?url=controlleradminactionchangepw_admin)]
The Problem is that he never go into the function changepw\_admin.
Please can somebody help me to find the error?
Thanks
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**Author:**  [@guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/guest)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 12:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rhtml-to-controller/106697/2 "2007-06-13T12:55:57Z")
guest wrote:
> Parameters: {“commit”=\>“Passwort aendern”,
> “url”=\>“controlleradminactionchangepw\_admin”, “action”=\>“change\_admin”,
> “controller”=\>“admin”, “old\_password”=\>“12345”,
> “new\_password”=\>“er90di”, “new\_password\_confirmation”=\>“er90di”}
Because you are writing it wrong.
\<%form\_tag :url =\> {:controller =\> :admin, :action =\>
:changepw\_admin} do %\>
to
\<%form\_tag :controller =\> :admin, :action =\>
:changepw\_admin" do %\>
you should remove the URL symbol
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**Author:**  [@guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/guest)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rhtml-to-controller/106697/3 "2007-06-13T13:50:13Z")
Hello
THANK you. You solve the Problem which stopped me for one week! Now it
works perfect.
Guest
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**Author:**  [@guest](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/guest)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rhtml-to-controller/106697/4 "2007-06-14T13:31:32Z")
guest wrote:
> Hello
>
> THANK you. You solve the Problem which stopped me for one week! Now it
> works perfect.
>
> Guest
Always look carefully at your log 😃