Helpers for partials too?

Rails
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MainController implies main.rhtml, which will automatically have access
to the methods inside MainHelper (in \app\helpers\main_helper.rb).

Should not the partial templates called from main.rhtml via <%= render
:partial => ‘partial’ %> also have access to the methods in main_helper
?

I have tried

<% display_dates = create_display_dates(@events) %>

and

<% display_dates = MainHelper::create_display_dates(@events) %>

and both report “undefined method `create_display_dates’ …”

Do I misunderstand the nature of helper scoping ?

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Richard Haven wrote:

MainController implies main.rhtml, which will automatically have access
to the methods inside MainHelper (in \app\helpers\main_helper.rb).

Should not the partial templates called from main.rhtml via <%= render
:partial => ‘partial’ %> also have access to the methods in main_helper
?

Hi, I believe you need to put the helper code in the application helper
if you want access by the partials.