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Ruby Build a Simple Ruby on Rails Application Building the Profile Page Creating the Profiles Controller

Edward Poon
Edward Poon
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Posted by Edward Poon
Edward Poon
9,313 Points

What does params[:id] mean?

what does the :id in params do? Is it referencing the id column inside the users database?

I thought we were trying to find the user by their profile names so shouldn't it be params[:profile_name]?

1 Answer

Ronald Jackson
Ronald Jackson
9,229 Points
Ronald Jackson
Ronald Jackson
9,229 Points

Hi Edward -

The "id" in params references the id of the object (eg., user) that the client wants to work with in some way.

Take a look at this Stackoverflow discussion of params in a Rails app:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6885990/rails-params-explained

Also check out Rails Guide documentation on params: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/action_controller_overview.html

The discussion about params is mid-way down the page.

Best,

Ronald