Question

So I have a controller called Music with one action which is index. On the music/index.html page I list out a bunch of Songs (via a Song model) and at the bottom I have a for to create a new Song.

Song has validations which I have tested and work just fine. When the new Song saves in controller Songs action create I redirect_to => 'music_index_path' so the person can see the new song in the list. However when the Song does not save (does not pass validations) then I cannot use redirect_to since the form error_messages do not carry over. I need to use render but cannot say render :controller => 'music', :action => 'index.

My goal is to be able to show the error messages for the Song form ON the music/index.html page.

How should I go about this. I am open to other ideas (like changing up controllers) as well.

Thanks!

Answer 1

It sounds to me like Music should be a part of Song, or the other way around. You can always use routes to disguise it as one or the other to the user.
song/index sounds to me like it should display all songs, which is all music does anyway.