First some confession I have to make: I’m coming from Java. This will
possibly explain my question
In Java you have an error object when -hm- some error has happened.
You can ask this object for the error message, which is what I
expected to have in a Rails action as well. For example when doing
this:
4 / 0
in my controller I can see a division by zero error message in the
view. How do I get access to this error message & object in my
controller ?
In Java you have an error object when -hm- some error has happened.
You can ask this object for the error message,
i assume you are talking about exceptions. And in ruby there are
exceptions too. If you are going to program i’d advise you to take a
look at a ruby manual.
anyway, a quick comparison between java/ruby exception handling
ruby
begin
rescue Exception=>e
puts e.message
ensure
end
there are a couple of nice add-ons with exceptions in ruby. You can use
“retry” in the rescue block and you can use “else” in case no exceptions
are catched. Also you can inline the rescue for a single line making
your code more compact and easier to follow.
just be careful about which exceptions you are rescueing, because the
type Exception will not cover them all.
and one more bonus… you have in the special variable $! the last
exception raised. (By the way, raise is the ruby equivalent to java
throw)
regards,
javier ramirez
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Thanks for your answer javier. I still have one question.
When something goes wrong while saving a model in a controller I don’t
want the red error box the scaffolding generates. I’d prefer to
display that error message in a customized way. I already tried to
read the errors object in my controller. But it doesn’t seem to exist
in the controller.
When something goes wrong while saving a model in a controller I don’t
want the red error box the scaffolding generates. I’d prefer to
display that error message in a customized way. I already tried to
read the errors object in my controller. But it doesn’t seem to exist
in the controller.
well… if you don’t like the layout or the colors of the message, then
just take a look at the css it’s using (i’m afraid i cannot help you
here, i’m not a fan of scaffold myself, so no idea how it is).
but… if what you are after is the messages’ content, then take a look
at Peak Obsession
good luck,
javier ramirez
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