Accessing the values in a view

Rails
1

trying to build an archive page

in the controller layout file, i render_component(:action => “archive”),
and that works fine. i turned render(:layout => false) within the
“archive” function.

trouble is, and here’s my confusion. as a test, i simply write

def archive

render(:layout => false)
@archives = 'test'

end

and in the archive.rhtml

<%= @archives %>

but i get nothing? shouldn’t i be able to access @archives?

2

matthew collins wrote:

@archives = ‘test’
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Your archive method should be something like:

def archive
@archives = ‘test’
render(:layout => false)
end

Call render on the last line, because it prepare view to be viewed!

–
Husein C.,
Software Architect

3

Try flipping those two statements… If you render before you set the
@archives variable, I wouldn’t imagine it would be available in the
view.