Rails, HAML, using a link_to

Question

here's what I'm trying to do:

That 'Request Key: ' part should actually be a 6-digit value, eg

Request Key: 614551

And the 'PCN: ' part is similar, it should be:

PCN: MEDDAET

Clicking on MEDDEAT would open a route that would search on that MEDDEAT value in the :foo_bar column.

The code I'm trying isn't working, and I don't know enough HAML to know why.

  %li Request Key: = link_to #{@request.name}, request_path(@request.name)

and

  %li = link_to "request.pcn", :controller => filter_plans,  :q => {:plan_aliases_PlanAlias_cont => @pcn}}

As you can se, that code just renders as text, not a link. I'd appreciate help on what I'm doing wrong here with the HAML code.

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EDIT: This is a HAMLC file. Coffeescript! GRRRRRR.....

Answer 1

%li 
  Request Key: #{link_to @request.name, request_path(@request.name)}

Answer 2

Use:

%li
  Request Key:
  = link_to @request.name, request_path(@request.name)

Answer 3

 %li
   = "Request Key: #{link_to(@request.name, request_path(@request.name))".html_safe

this will works with rails

Answer 4

Here was the answer, because it was HAMLC, not HAML (ie it compiles through coffeescript and not Rails, therefore Rails helpers didn't work).

  %li Request Key:
    %a{ :href => '/requests/#{ @name }', :target => '_blank'} #{@name}