The nestedSortable Plugin sends this POST-Parameter (via serialize):
chapter[87]=null&element[377]=87&chapter[88]=87
It describes a tree of chapters and elements. The order of the items in the string is important!
When I access the params in the controller, the ordered string is converted to a hash, so the order is lost:
{"chapter"=>{"87"=>"null", "88"=>"87"}, "element"=>{"377"=>"87"}}
Is it possible to disable the built in hash-conversion or do I have to alter the content of the POST, so that Rails can't convert it to a hash?
You can work directly with the request:
request.body.string
depending on your setup, try request.body.read since its basically an IO