# I need to do some code that should be in a controller inside a render partial. How? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 22, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-to-do-some-code-that-should-be-in-a-controller-inside-a-render-partial-how/190540 "2010-06-22T12:15:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-to-do-some-code-that-should-be-in-a-controller-inside-a-render-partial-how/190540/1 "2010-06-22T12:15:27Z")
I have an app that will be making a customer list to go in a pdf. The pdf part wasn’t bad using wicked\_pdf. The problem is keeping the controller code where it belongs. The app has a print method in the controller. It does a render partial to loop through each customer. Once there it needs to make lists of attendance for each of the last 3 years to be part of each customers page. This is different for each customer, so it needs to be re-run each time. This is the part I want to get out of the view. Any way to have another method in the controller to be run for each customer? ---
**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2010, 12:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-to-do-some-code-that-should-be-in-a-controller-inside-a-render-partial-how/190540/2 "2010-06-22T12:18:58Z")
On 22 June 2010 07:42, Bob S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > The app has a print method in the controller. It does a render partial > to loop through each customer. Once there it needs to make lists of > attendance for each of the last 3 years to be part of each customers > page. This is different for each customer, so it needs to be re-run > each time. This is the part I want to get out of the view. Sounds like the Customer model might make a good place for the method to live. In the view you can call @customer.go\_get\_my\_data … ---
**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-to-do-some-code-that-should-be-in-a-controller-inside-a-render-partial-how/190540/3 "2010-06-23T23:34:50Z")
On 23 June 2010 22:18, Bob S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks. That should work fine… Is there anything special to do to > make the method seen in the view? As long as it’s a public method, it will be accessible wherever you have any instance of the class. ---
**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-to-do-some-code-that-should-be-in-a-controller-inside-a-render-partial-how/190540/4 "2010-06-23T23:19:37Z")
Thanks. That should work fine… Is there anything special to do to make the method seen in the view? Bob ---
**Author:** ![adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@adistarmid](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/adistarmid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/i-need-to-do-some-code-that-should-be-in-a-controller-inside-a-render-partial-how/190540/5 "2010-06-23T23:37:45Z")
as notes\* at ruby, u va access to all methods of class, wherever u have any instance of this class =) Â =) Best Regards, Dieinzige On 23 Jun, 2010,at 09:33 PM, Michael P. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: On 23 June 2010 22:18, Bob S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks. That should work fine… Is there anything special to do to > make the method seen in the view? As long as it’s a public method, it will be accessible wherever you have any instance of the class. – You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Ruby on Rails: Talk” group. To post to this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid. For more options, visit this group at [http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en](http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en).