Question

I want to be able to do the following actions with a form submit using respond_with:

1. Submit then redirect to index
2. Submit then stay in the form
3. Submit and show the created record

the default action for respond_with is to redirect to the show action. How can I make the controller respond depending on the type of button clicked?

these “submits” will occur during create and update actions. For example, how would the create action in this code respond to whichever among the three submit buttons is clicked(Submit and Edit, Submit and Show, Submit and Show INdex)

def new
    respond_with(@business=Business.new)
  end

  def create
    @business = Business.new(params[:business])
    flash[:notice] = t("flash.actions.create.notice", {:resource_name => "Business"}) if @business.save
    respond_with(@business)
  end

Answer 1

In your view, using the values submit_and_edit, submit_and_show and submit_and_show_index, you would do this in your controller:

def create
  @business = Business.new(params[:business])
  flash[:notice] = t("flash.actions.create.notice", {:resource_name => "Business"}) if      @business.save
  location = case params[:submit]
  when 'submit_and_edit'
    edit_business_url
  when 'submit_and_show'
    business_url
  when 'submit_and_show_index'
    redirect_to businesses_url
  end
  respond_with(@business, :location => location)
end