How to place search params in URL?

Question

Hi - How do I get a form to submit it's params in the url, such that the rendered page will contain the query (rails 2.3)?

Something like this:

example.com/search?name=john&age=25&city=atlanta

Simple, I know, but I'm not sure how to do it... :)

thanks.

Answer 1

This is not specific to Rails. Just set the method attribute of the form to GET.

Answer 2

as stated by Jimmy: make sure your form-tag looks like this:

<form method="get" .....>

Answer 3

If you're using routing helpers to do this use:

search_path(:name => "John", :age => 25, :city => "atlanta")