# Begin/rescue not working?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/begin-rescue-not-working/118832>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [October 31, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/begin-rescue-not-working/118832 "2007-10-31T14:40:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![jfoxny](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jfoxny](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jfoxny)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/begin-rescue-not-working/118832/5 "2007-10-31T15:22:13Z")

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On 31 Oct 2007, at 14:07, Jason F. wrote:

> one, so I’m still confused as to why this case required a return in  
> it.

This has nothing to do with begin/rescue. It has everything to do with  
the fact that you should redirect or render precisely once per action,  
whereas in you original code you would end up doing a redirect in the  
rescue block and then again if bit below.

Fred

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