# Access to @session object from model

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-to-session-object-from-model/48588>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [November 22, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-to-session-object-from-model/48588 "2005-11-22T13:44:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![mj-usunto](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@mj-usunto](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mj-usunto)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-to-session-object-from-model/48588/1 "2005-11-22T13:44:51Z")

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Hello  
I’m using login\_generator as authentication mechanism.  
I’m trying to make some logging system with sql as backend, and  
I need have access to @session object within models.  
Example code which won’t work (It dosn’t make anything) :  
before\_create { | record | a = @session[:user].id }  
I’m getting error like this:

You have a nil object when you didn’t expect it!  
You might have expected an instance of Array.  
The error occured while evaluating nil.[]  
#{RAILS\_ROOT}/app/models/subscriber.rb:14

This line is line above ☹

Any suggestions or there is some sql base logging method for  
rails ??

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**Author:** ![mj-usunto](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@mj-usunto](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mj-usunto)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-to-session-object-from-model/48588/2 "2005-11-22T20:27:44Z")

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