[Ruby] link_to or button_to external url

[Neil Moomey]

Oh, I feel like a dummy for not catching that.  This works great:

<%= button_to :Google, 'http://www.google.com' %>
or
<%= link_to 'Google', 'http://www.google.com' %>

Thanks everyone.

Neil


On 12/28/06, Eric Hodel <drbrain at segment7.net> wrote:
> On Dec 28, 2006, at 13:46, Neil Moomey wrote:
>
> > None of those are working for me.
> >
> > <%= link_to 'Google', 'http:/www.google.com' %>
> > gives me:
> > http://localhost:3004/www.google.com
>
> I think you're missing the other slashe there.  (why is rails
> apparently parsing?)
>
> > <%= link_to :Google, :only_path => false, :host => 'www.google.com' %>
> > gives me:
> > http://www.google.com/pfd_applicants/search
> >
> > where search.rhtml is the page the link is on.
>
> Oh, right, you'll have to clear out :controller, :model and :id
> because they get inherited. :P
>
> PS: Please don't trim context.
>
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>
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