Question

I’m trying to delete the last database record but when I press the link, the page just refreshes and I dont get anything :/

Here’s my controller:

  def delete
    @todo_items = Todo.last
    @todo_items.delete
  end

& here’s my view

<h1>Shared Todo App</h1>
  <p>All your todos here</p>
<% @todo_items.each do |t| %>
<li><%= t.todo_item %>
<% end %>

  <%= link_to 'Delete', todo_item, confirm: 'Are you sure?', method: :delete %>

Any ideas?

Answer 1

First, your action name should be destroy, not delete. A link with method: :delete will by default map to an action named destroy. See this guide for details.

Second, you probably want to redirect somewhere at the end of your destroy action. For example, redirect_to root_path, or whatever is appropriate.