Re: help needed with where and how best to set a param

AndyV wrote:
> Have you tried making this special route a :collection route instead
> of a :member route?
> 
> If it were a collection route then the :id would be optional... but it
> might also solve the bigger problem more gracefully.  In your popup
> action you could have something like this:
> 
> @order = params[:id].nil? ? Order.new : Order.find_by_id(params[:id])
> 
> Then your view could build the url either for insert (new_record?) or
> update.  If you're already taking advantage of the new Rails 'form_for
> @ivar' then it should be done for you.
> 

I will definitely try the route.  Right now I'm using the DRY Forms 
example in the new Advanced Rails Recipes book so I'd like to avoid 
converting the forms back, but I may need to do that anyway to denote 
required fields.

Thanks.
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