Question

I keep getting this error when I try and view my register user page

Firefox has detected that the server
is redirecting the request for this
address in a way that will never
complete.

def register
    #User registration form
    @user = User.new(params[:user])
    if @user.save
      flash[:notice] = "Account Created Successfully"
      redirect_to(:action=>'menu')
    else
      flash[:notice] = "Please fill in all fields"
      redirect_to(:action=>'register')
    end
  end


<div class="user new">
  <h2>Create User</h2>

  <%= form_for(:user, :url => {:action => 'register'}) do |f| %>

    <table summary="User form fields">
      <tr>
        <th>First Name</th>
        <td><%= f.text_field(:first_name) %></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <tr>
        <th>Last Name</th>
        <td><%= f.text_field(:last_name) %></td>
      </tr>
       <tr>
        <th>UserName</th>
        <td><%= f.text_field(:user_name) %></td>
      </tr>
       <tr>
        <th>Password</th>
        <td><%= f.text_field(:password) %></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <tr>
        <th>Email</th>
        <td><%= f.text_field(:email) %></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
         <tr>
        <th>Telephone</th>
        <td><%= f.text_field(:telephone) %></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td><%= submit_tag("Register") %></td>
      </tr>
    </table>


  <% end %>
</div>

Answer 1

Aren’t you putting a redirect in your view method?

redirect_to(:action=>'register')

Are you distinguishing between the view method and the method that is actually fired when the user submits the form? Ex. for RestfulAuthentication the view is called “new”, and the actual method that creates a user after the form is submitted is called “create”.