Ruby on rails 3 link_to controller and action

Question

I know this is probably a pretty simple concept. I am trying to create a link to a controller and action. For example I have a link in my layout file to update a record when

Answer 1

If you want to pass params too then do

<%= link_to student.name,  controller: "users", action: "show", id: student.id, partial: "profile"  %>