RAILS3: Pass arbitrary parameters via button_to?

Question

I\'m trying to do something very simple in my first Rails app (Rails 3) and I\'m not sure what I\'m doing wrong, or if there\'s a better approach. Can\'t find anything on th

Answer 1

Just circling back to finish this up. Ultimately I solved this by using link_to but using jQuery to make it look like a button. @kishie, if you're saying you made this work with button_to I'd like to see the code, but as I like jQuery it's solved as far as I'm concerned (for this app, anyway.)

Here's the code in Article#show view. (The class is what makes it look like a button via jQuery.)

<%= link_to "New Request", new_work_request_path(:article_id => @article.id), :class => "ui-button" %>

Here's the code in Work_Request controller's new method:

if !params[:article_id].blank?
  @work_request.article = Article.find(params[:article_id])
end

Then the Work_Request#new view renders it properly.