Question

I am redirecting a POST request to ensure the URL is correct along with other things. The redirect worked fine before I added in the if statements for town below:

if !params[:address].blank?
  town = Town.find(:all, :conditions => ["name = ?", params[:address]])
  @towns = town
  if !town.blank?
    redirect_to '/town/' + params[:address]
  else
    @town_invalid = 'test'
  end
end

end

I am sure it is something simple and that I simply cannot see it. Also if you see any glaring errors or code mishaps let me know as I am just starting out.

EDIT: I should mention this is what I get back from Safari when a real town is entered:

Safari can’t open the page.Safari can’t open the page “http://localhost:3000/” because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection. This sometimes occurs when the server is busy. Wait for a few minutes, and then try again.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You need to url encode the params[:address].

redirect_to '/town/' + u(params[:address])

url encode equivalent in ruby on rails