Saving controller state

Basically I’m trying to add the following functionality to a controller
when browsng data

reorder data
change numbers of rows
defining filters
etc.

for that, I need to save the state of a controller, that is, the current
order, the number of rows, the filter condition, etc.

So far now, I’m saving them to the session.

I have a load method, which loads the data from params, or assing
default values.

Something like this

def load
@order = session[:order] || ‘date desc’
@order = params[:order] if params[:order]
end

And then I have another method to save the data

def save
session[:order] = @order
end

The problem is that for every method I have to execute “load” do some
stuff and then execute “save”

like this

def list
load
@resolucion_pages, @resoluciones = paginate :resolucion, :order =>
@order, :per_page => 10
save
end

Is there some way to automatize this?

I tried with the initialize method, but it seems like the session is not
available on that method.

Saludos

Sas

you could use a before and after filter…

On Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at 7:57 AM, opensas wrote:

end
like this
I tried with the initialize method, but it seems like the session is not
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Mikkel B. wrote:

you could use a before and after filter…

Thanks a lot Mikkel, that’s exactly what I was looking for.

Saludos

Sas