Pagination not working correctly in rails - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am trying to use will_paginate for a list of items I want to display.
There is a form with drop down selections to fetch objects by status.
This is my controller
def list
#person = Person.find_by_id(session[:person_id])
params[:status] = params[:redirect_status] if params.has_key?('redirect_status')
#statuses = Peptide.statuses
#status = 'Not Ordered'
#status = params[:status] if params[:status] != nil || params[:status] == ''
#peptides = Peptide.find(:all, :conditions => ['status = ?', #status]).paginate(:per_page => 30, :page => params[:page])
if Peptide.count.zero?
flash[:notice] = "There are not any peptides entered"
redirect_to :action => 'new'
end#if zero
end
This is in the view
<form action="/peptide/create_spreadsheet_of_not_ordered" enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post">
<table class="sortable" cellpading="5" cellspacing="2" width="100">
<tr class= "header-line">
<th>SS</th>
<th>Status</th>
<th>Peptide</th>
<th>Gene</th>
<th>Submitter</th>
<th>Created</th>
<th>Updated</th>
<th>Sequence</th>
<th>Modification</th>
<th>Vendor</th>
</tr>
<% for #peptide in #peptides.reverse %>
<tr valign = "top" class= "<%= cycle('color_one', 'color_two') %>">
<!--an error here during development likely indicates that the people table has not be repopulated or
that no submitter primer is present for a primer-->
<td sorttable_customkey = 0 > <%=check_box_tag "box[]", #peptide.id %>
<td><%= #peptide.status%></td>
<td class><%= link_to #peptide.name, :action => :report, :id => #peptide.id %></td>
<td><%= gene_links(#peptide.genes) rescue 'Error'%></td>
<td><%= #peptide.submitter.name rescue "" %></td>
<td <%= sorttable_customkey_from_date(#peptide.created_at)%> >
<%= #peptide.created_at.strftime("%b %d %Y") rescue "Unknown"%>
</td>
<td <%= sorttable_customkey_from_date(#peptide.updated_at)%> >
<%= #peptide.updated_at.strftime("%b %d %Y") rescue "Unknown"%>
</td>
<td><%= #peptide.sequence%></td>
<td><%= #peptide.modifications%></td>
<td><%= #peptide.vendor%></td>
<%= buttons() %>
</tr>
<%end%>
<%= will_paginate #peptides %>
</table>
<br>
<%= submit_tag "Create Spreadsheet"%>
The default list is grouped by status ordered.
however when I select any other status and submit the form the pagination links take me back to the default status.
Please help me resolve this issue.
Thanks

Answer 1

Without seeing the view, it sounds like you need to add the current params as an argument to the links for the other statuses...
Update
Try adding the params to your status link:
<%= link_to #peptide.name, peptide_path(#peptide, params), :action => :report, :id => #peptide.id %>
The documentation is here.