Passing a Record as a Parameter

Rails
1

Consider the following code:

Snippet from my view…

<% for cc in @classified_categories %>

<%= link_to cc.description, :controller =>'classified_ads', :action => 'list', :id =>cc %> <% end %>

… end snippet

the relevant bit is :id =>cc

Snippet from my controller…

def list
@classified_category = ClassifiedCategory.new(params[:id])
session[:classified_category_id] = @classified_category.id
session[:classified_category_name] = @classified_category.name

@classified_ad_pages, @classified_ads = paginate :classified_ads,
er_page => 10

end

… end snippet

When I run it, I get the following error on the first line of the list
action for the controller:

undefined method `stringify_keys!’ for “1”:String

It works fine if I just pass the actual id of the record as a parameter
(:id => cc.id) but I’d like to pass the entire record if that’s
possible. Any suggestions?

-Greg

2

I changed it so that instead of trying to pass the entire record, I just
pass the id and then in the controller, do a

ClassifiedCategory.find(params[:id])

and it works ok. But this is unnecessary DB i/o if it can be avoided by
just passing the record.

-Greg

Greg Greaves wrote:

Consider the following code:

Snippet from my view…

<% for cc in @classified_categories %>

<%= link_to cc.description, :controller =>'classified_ads', :action => 'list', :id =>cc %> <% end %>

… end snippet

the relevant bit is :id =>cc

Snippet from my controller…

def list
@classified_category = ClassifiedCategory.new(params[:id])
session[:classified_category_id] = @classified_category.id
session[:classified_category_name] = @classified_category.name

@classified_ad_pages, @classified_ads = paginate :classified_ads,
er_page => 10

end

… end snippet

When I run it, I get the following error on the first line of the list
action for the controller:

undefined method `stringify_keys!’ for “1”:String

It works fine if I just pass the actual id of the record as a parameter
(:id => cc.id) but I’d like to pass the entire record if that’s
possible. Any suggestions?

-Greg