Ruby on Rails

Hi

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016, at 16:03, David Alejandro wrote:
> I have this link in the view:
>
>
> <%= link_to "Pay in PayPal", @order.paypal_url(edit_order_url,
> payment_notification_url), class: "btn btn-success" %>
>
>
> And this in the model:
>
>
> class Order < ActiveRecord::Base
> def paypal_url(return_url, notify_url)
> # ... Do stuff
> self.update_attribute(:payment_in_process, true)
> # Do more stuff...
> end
>
> When I visit the view, the model gets its attribute updated. I do not
> want this. I only want the attribute updated if the link is clicked.
>

You call the method in the view, thus the method is run. Nothing more,
nothing less.

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