ruby on rails and XML

Question

I am trying to create a ruby on rails app to capture data from form and create a corresponding XML.I have created a dummy model class which is not extending active record

Do i have to do that .Below is the code and the error i m facing plz help

  class RamOne
    attr_accessor :name,:city
   end

Controller

       def start
        @ramone = RamOne.new
                end

    def load_new
        @ramone = RamOne.new(params[:ramone])
        if @ramone.save
           redirect_to :action => ‘gen_xml’
        end
    end

    def gen_xml
            @xml = Builder::XmlMarkup.new
            @ramones = RamOne.find(:all)
            render :layout => false
    end

View captures name,city and has a submit action attached with load_new

error : wrong num of args(1 for 0 ) in load_new what is wrong?

Why no ActiveRecord? What do you expect the save, find calls to do? — Vijay Dev
– Vijay Dev, Commented Aug 15, 2010 at 19:17

drummondj · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-15 18:22:35Z

1

You can't call RamOne.new with an argument because your RamOne class does not override the initialize method. Also, @ramone.save and RamOne.find are all ActiveRecord methods, so I think you need to extend ActiveRecord::Base in your RamOne class.

answered Aug 15, 2010 at 18:22

drummondj

1,4831 gold badge10 silver badges11 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

maletor · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-15 19:17:29Z

0

Check out the Hpricot gem http://hpricot.com/ if you are doing some heavy duty XML.

Check out REST to clean up your controller. http://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html#restful-routing-the-rails-default

answered Aug 15, 2010 at 19:17

maletor

7,1388 gold badges46 silver badges64 bronze badges

Comments

user384070 · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-15 19:49:33Z

0

Can i get rid of the model class

and store my captured data in a normal ruby class and fetch from it to create the xml .Are there any helper methods available

similar to form_for() helper

<% form_for :ramone, @ramone, :url => { :action => "load_new" }, :html => { :method => :get } do |f| %>

can i find any other non ActiveRecordHelper methods

I dont want the Model class unnecesarily.

answered Aug 15, 2010 at 19:49

user384070

812 gold badges2 silver badges10 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

ruby on rails and XML

3 Answers 3

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

3 Answers 3

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related