Parameters

[Rafael Andrade]

Hello guys.
I have a page with some checkboxes, and the ones that are checked are coming in the parameters list, with the name & ID. I wanted to receive the data in an Array inside params Hashmap, so I can iterate not having to worry about the other parameters, like action, method, etc.
I'm creating the checkboxes this way:
<%= check_box_tag "#{category.name}", category.id, category.active %>

Anyone know the trick?
Thanks alot.
BTW, was very happy to find out that javaranch has a RoR section!

[David Newton]

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, but if you want to receive parameters in an array, you need to use array naming notation on the view side, like is done in this tutorial:

http://satishonrails.wordpress.com/2007/06/29/multiple-checkboxes-with-habtm/

Does that answer your question? (It also covers using it with an habtm relationship, which may be more information that you needed.)

[Rafael Andrade]

Hi man!
Thanks for the reply. That's exactly what I was looking for.
So, the solution is something like this:

<%= check_box_tag "category[#{category.name}]", category.id, category.active %>

We have to pass an array in the first parameter.

Thanks alot.

[David Newton]

No problem!