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Ruby ActiveRecord Basics Introduction to ActiveRecord A Quick and Dirty Example

Posted by thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Route to 'all posts'

Hey!

I'm just playing with a simple back button.

When I'm on an individual post page, I want to navigate back to all posts through a "link_to". I'm not sure if it's the best way, but it's the way I want to try!

So I've followed the link_to(post) syntax and tried 

<%= link_to "Back", post_path(posts) %>

because running rake routes shows 

Prefix Verb   URI Pattern               Controller#Action
posts GET    /posts(.:format)          posts#index
post GET    /posts/:id(.:format)      posts#show

So I just swapped out (post) with (posts)... I hope this makes sense - essentially I want to write a link_to to the posts page.

The error I get is undefined local variable or method `posts'

Thanks!

Thomas

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

maybe try:

<%= link_to "Back", posts_path%>
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

perfect, thanks!