Question

I have a small question regarding rails. I have a search controller which searches for a name in database, if found shows the details about it or else I am redirecting to the new name page. Is there anyway after redirection that the name searched for to automatically appear in the new form page?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You can use the ActionController::Flash to pass data between actions.

def search(searchedName)
  # perform search on DB

  flash[:searchedName] = searchedName

  redirect_to new_name
end

def new_name
end

new_name.html.erb:

<% if flash[:searchedName] %>
  <%= text_field_tag flash[:searchedName] %>
<% end %>