Render collection undefined local variable

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1

Why am I getting undefined local variable ‘contact’ in my partial.
This is code I used to render the partial, works in lots of other places

<%= render (:partial => ‘list’, :collection => @contacts) %>

in my parital I have
<%= contact.first_name %>

if I write this way it works fine
<% for contact in @contacts %>
<%= render (:partial => ‘list’, :locals => {:contact => contact } ) %>
<% end %>

@contacts is being loaded with a paginate in my controller. any ideas ?

joe

2

For your render method use

:partial => ‘contact’

Kent.

3

Hi Jebus ~

The local variable will have the same name as the partial. So in this
case, your local variable is named list. So list.first_name will
work.

If you want to use contact, rename your partial to _contact.rhtml.

~ Ben

On 2/7/06, Jebus [email protected] wrote:

<%= render (:partial => ‘list’, :locals => {:contact => contact } ) %>
<% end %>

@contacts is being loaded with a paginate in my controller. any ideas ?

joe

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