Amit Solanki

In one of my projects I came across a situation where I needed to submit a form with a link. By default, a form is submitted either using a submit_tag or button_to helpers in ruby on rails. In this case it had to be submitted through a link. For this, I searched and found a way to do it:

<%= link_to_remote 'Submit', :url => {:controller => 'c_name', :action => 'a_name', :id => 'some_id'}, :with => "Form.Element.serialize('form_id')" %>

Alternatively, you can also use the following helper:

<%= link_to_function 'Submit', remote_function(:url => {:controller => 'c_name', :action => 'a_name', :id=>'some_id'}, :method => :post, :with => "Form.serialize('form_id')") %>

The form can be passed using the optional paramter :with.

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Earlier there were few books on ruby on rails available in market but at present there are numerous books available in market. But I would suggest you to go with the books written by the gurus of the subject. Here are few of the books which I refer and would like you to review:

• Agile Web Development with Rails, Pragmatic Programmers
• Programming Ruby: A Pragmatic Programmer’s Guide, Pragmatic Programmers
• Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Web Applications, SitePoint Pty. Ltd.

Other books which you can try are:

• Beginning Ruby on Rails, Wrox Publications
• Ruby Cookbook, O’Reilly
• Beginning Ruby: From Novice to Professional, Apress
• Ajax on Rails, O’Reilly
• Rails Recipes, Pragmatic Programmers

For any queries on these books and other books on the topic, feel free to mail me.