button_to :action => 'destroy' looks for 'show'

Question

This seems incredibly similar to a question I had answered just a few days ago, but the solution then isn\'t working now.

I\'m building a rails app, and I am trying

Answer 1

And how you part of routes.rb for that one looks like? Because if you use map.resources then destroy has same path as show but :method => :delete(which is virtual verb implemented by form and _method=delete param).

Try this:

<%= button_to "delete", {:controller => :meals,
      :action => 'destroy', :id => recipe.id }, :method => :delete %>

or if recipe is instance of Meal class then

<%= button_to "delete", @recipe, :method => :delete %>

Mind the curly brackets.

Answer 2

I know it is way too late for an answer but hope it may help somebody(using Rails 4).

 <%= button_to "delete", meal_path(:id => recipe.id), :method => :delete %>