ruby on rails link_to delete method not working

Question

I am trying to delete a post using the code below:

<%= link_to \'Destroy\', post, :method => :delete, :onclick => \"return confirm(\'Are you sure you wa         


        

Answer 1

This is the Rails way:

<%= link_to 'Destroy', post, confirm: 'Are you sure?', method: :delete %>

If the post isn't deleted then the problem lies in your controller. Are you sure you've correctly implemented the #destroy action? What's the output you're getting in your server logs?

UPDATE: Change your action to:

def destroy
  @post = Post.find(params[:id])

  respond_to do |format|
    if @post.destroy
      format.html { redirect_to posts_url }
      format.json { head :no_content }
    else
      format.html # do something here
      format.json { head :no_content }
    end
  end
end