"Common action" for a controller

Rails
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Sorry if this has been asked before; it seems like a simple problem.

I have a controller called ItemController which displays information
about specific items to a user on various pages. The routing looks like
“items/:item/:action”. Is there any way to automatically look up the
:item in the items table (it’s just an ID).

I tried:

before_filter { @current_item = Item.find(:first, @params[:item],
:include => [:set, :card]) }

but apperently filters don’t have access to params. Is there any other
simple way? Or is this somehow bad practice?

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Tom Potter wrote:

:include => [:set, :card]) }

but apperently filters don’t have access to params. Is there any other
simple way? Or is this somehow bad practice?

From the API docs:

class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
before_filter { |controller| false if
controller.params[“stop_action”] }
end

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Cheers,

  • Jacob A.
3

Tom Potter wrote:

Sorry if this has been asked before; it seems like a simple problem.

I have a controller called ItemController which displays information
about specific items to a user on various pages. The routing looks like
“items/:item/:action”. Is there any way to automatically look up the
:item in the items table (it’s just an ID).

I tried:

before_filter { @current_item = Item.find(:first, @params[:item],
:include => [:set, :card]) }

but apperently filters don’t have access to params. Is there any other
simple way? Or is this somehow bad practice?

alternatively

before_filter :get_current_item
def get_current_item
@current_item = Item.find(:first, blah)
end