Question

How should I render a long URL in a table, I would prefer not to show the entire URL since it might exceed the table length. I would want to shorten and show it, if it exceeds a certain predefined size (say 50 chars). If I click on it, it should take me to a new page where I can view the contents of the link. How do I implement this?

Answer 1

Rails has a helper for that

link_to truncate("And they found that many people were sleeping better.", :length => 25, :omission => '... (continued)'), your_path
# => "And they f... (continued)"