# Help: session is deleted, but after the view is rendered

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-session-is-deleted-but-after-the-view-is-rendered/156159>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [December 21, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-session-is-deleted-but-after-the-view-is-rendered/156159 "2008-12-21T23:43:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![merrick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@merrick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merrick)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-session-is-deleted-but-after-the-view-is-rendered/156159/1 "2008-12-21T23:43:35Z")

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Scenario:

user is logged in, they click the logout button, which fires the action  
method Sessions#destroy and the view. The problem i’m having is that  
even tho the session is deleted, the first go round it still displays  
logged in. If you refresh it then says not logged in. I am not sure how  
to even begin debugging this. thanks!

Controller:

class SessionsController \< ApplicationController  
…  
def destroy  
session[:user\_id] = @current\_id = nil  
end  
end

Main layout:

…  
\<% if @current\_user %\>  
Logged in as: \<%= @current\_user.login %\>  
_\<%= link\_to ‘Logout’, session\_path, :method =\> :delete %\>_  
\<% else %\>  
_Not logged in._  
\<%= link\_to ‘Login’, new\_session\_path %\>  
\<% end %\>  
…

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**Author:** ![merrick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@merrick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merrick)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-session-is-deleted-but-after-the-view-is-rendered/156159/2 "2008-12-22T00:08:51Z")

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On Dec 21, 10:43 pm, Merrick Johnson \<rails-mailing-l…@andreas-  
[s.net](http://s.net)\> wrote:

> Scenario:
> 
> user is logged in, they click the logout button, which fires the action  
> method Sessions#destroy and the view. The problem i’m having is that  
> even tho the session is deleted, the first go round it still displays  
> logged in. If you refresh it then says not logged in. I am not sure how  
> to even begin debugging this. thanks!

> Controller:
> 
> class SessionsController \< ApplicationController  
> …  
> def destroy  
> session[:user\_id] = @current\_id = nil

Don’t you want to nil out @current\_user rather than @current\_id ?

Fred

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**Author:** ![merrick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@merrick](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/merrick)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-session-is-deleted-but-after-the-view-is-rendered/156159/3 "2008-12-22T00:22:44Z")

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> Don’t you want to nil out @current\_user rather than @current\_id ?
> 
> Fred

good call fred! thanks pal, worked like a charm.