Question

I am stuck one more time … and one more time I suspect it’s a stupid syntax problem:

I want to pass 2 vaiables in the url with my super simple search form.

I was expecting a URL like this:
http://mydomain/categories/search?search=pdf&os=2
But I get this:
http://mydomain/categories/search?search=pdf&os%5B%5D=

I thought it should work like this:

<% form_tag  search_path, :method => 'get' do %>
  <%= text_field_tag :search, params[:search] %>
  <%= hidden_field :os, params[@category.id] %>
  <%= submit_tag "Search", :name => nil %>  
<% end %>

… but well, it didn’t do it …

Does anyone know where I am going wrong?

Thanks!

Val

Answer 1

You need to modify the line a bit, using hidden_field_tag:

<%= hidden_field_tag :os, :value => @category.id %>

See the hidden_field_tag documentation for more information.