Question

When I:

self.save

or

save!

in a model it automatically redirects me to the show view for that given model. How can I override this? I want to save the model and then go to another action/view in the same controller.
In particular, I have a process where I save a members details, and then I want to continue the process by going to the next page, e.g. payment page, that uses the id of the saved model.

Answer 1

In your controller you might have a block like:

def create
  @user = User.new(params[:place])

  respond_to do |format|
    if @user.save
      format.html { redirect_to(@user, :notice => 'User was successfully created.') }
      format.xml  { render :xml => @user, :status => :created, :location => @user }
    else
      format.html { render :action => "new" }
      format.xml  { render :xml => @user.errors, :status => :unprocessable_entity }
    end
  end
end

You can change the target of the redirect_to (after format.html) from here – at present it is directing you to the record for that user, ie. @user. Take a look at http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Base.html for a bit more info.