Question

I made a Wysiwyg module where a user can create custom text areas for different sections of their website.

I do this by checking in the controllers if they have created one for this particular section yet. If they have, it redirects them :

def new
  if Wysiwyg.find_by_name(params[:name]) != nil
    redirect_to edit_admin_wysiwyg_path(Wysiwyg.find_by_name(params[:name]))
  else
    @wysiwyg = Wysiwyg.new(:name => params[:name])
  end
end

The trouble is is Rails still believes its a ‘new’ even though I have redirected the user to edit. How can I ‘clear’ the controller’s and make it really sincerely believe it is actually an ‘edit’ ?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Ah my problem was in my form instantiation

Old and Evil:

<% form_for(@wysiwyg, :url => admin_wysiwygs_path, :html => { :method => :post}) do |f| %>

Correct:

<% form_for @wysiwyg, :url => admin_wysiwyg_path do |f| %>