Question

Let’s say I’m in a new action and want to pass some extra information to the create action (for instance, how many times a user has pressed a given button, :clicks).

How should I go about accomplishing the task?

Answer 1

Try:

<%= hidden_field_tag 'click_count', 0 %>
<%= submit_tag "Click me!", :type => 'button', :onclick => '$("#click_count").val(parseInt($("#click_count").val())+1)' %>