Probably easy q: flash before redirect

Rails
1

I’m a little perplexed why this isn’t working:

private
def check_authorization
user = User.find(session[:user])
if user.level == 100
flash[:notice] = “welcome, admin”
else
flash[:notice] = “ha ha”
redirect_to :controller =>“account”, :action
=>“signup”
flash[:notice] = “You are not an admin!!”
end
end
end

The first part (when user.level == 100) is ok but in the 2nd part it
goes directly to account/signup without displaying either flash message.
I’ve tried putting it before the redirect, after the redirect, both,
etc. nothing.

What’d I miss?

2

Vince W. wrote:

I’m a little perplexed why this isn’t working:

private
def check_authorization
user = User.find(session[:user])
if user.level == 100
flash[:notice] = “welcome, admin”
else
flash[:notice] = “ha ha”
redirect_to :controller =>“account”, :action
=>“signup”
flash[:notice] = “You are not an admin!!”
end
end
end

The first part (when user.level == 100) is ok but in the 2nd part it
goes directly to account/signup without displaying either flash message.
I’ve tried putting it before the redirect, after the redirect, both,
etc. nothing.

What’d I miss?

Maybe a stupid question, but do you actually print out flash[:notice]
anywhere on the signup page? I assume the check_authorization view has
the print statement in it.

3

Maybe a stupid question, but do you actually print out flash[:notice]
anywhere on the signup page? I assume the check_authorization view has
the print statement in it.

Actually not a stupid question at all… that’s exactly what it was.
Learn something new every day…

Thanks very much!