Partial variable help

Rails
1

Can’t work this out:

In list.rhtml:
<% for employee in @employees -%>

<%= render(:partial => “list_form”, :object => employee) %>

<% end -%>

In _list_form.rhtml (partial):
<%= employee.id %>

In controller:
@employees = Employee.find(:all)

I get the following error:
undefined local variable or method `employee’

I everything is correct as far as I can see, just no variables are
getting through?

2

James W. wrote:

Can’t work this out:

In list.rhtml:
<% for employee in @employees -%>

<%= render(:partial => “list_form”, :object => employee) %>

<% end -%>

In _list_form.rhtml (partial):
<%= employee.id %>

In controller:
@employees = Employee.find(:all)

I get the following error:
undefined local variable or method `employee’

I everything is correct as far as I can see, just no variables are
getting through?

From Rails API Docs:

Rendering partials
Partial rendering is most commonly used together with Ajax calls that
only update one or a few elements on a page without reloading. Rendering
of partials from the controller makes it possible to use the same
partial template in both the full-page rendering (by calling it from
within the template) and when sub-page updates happen (from the
controller action responding to Ajax calls). By default, the current
layout is not used.

Renders a collection of the same partial by making each element of

@wins available through

the local variable “win” as it builds the complete response

render :partial => “win”, :collection => @wins

E.g From my app:

list.rhtml
<% if !@contacts.empty? %>
<%= render :partial => ‘contacts’, :collection => @contacts, :locals
=> { :hidden => false } %>
<% end %>

_contacts.html
<%= contact.name %>

Hope this helps

/Joseph

3

I believe that when you send a variable to a partial with the :object
argument, it takes on the name of the partial.

In your example, that would mean the variable would be called
“list_form”.

If all else fails, you can use the :locals argument, like so:

render(:partial => “list_form”, :locals => { :employee => employee })

Jeff

James W. wrote:

Can’t work this out:

In list.rhtml:
<% for employee in @employees -%>

<%= render(:partial => “list_form”, :object => employee) %>

<% end -%>

In _list_form.rhtml (partial):
<%= employee.id %>

In controller:
@employees = Employee.find(:all)

I get the following error:
undefined local variable or method `employee’

I everything is correct as far as I can see, just no variables are
getting through?

4

Jeff C.man wrote:

I believe that when you send a variable to a partial with the :object
argument, it takes on the name of the partial.

In your example, that would mean the variable would be called
“list_form”.

If all else fails, you can use the :locals argument, like so:

render(:partial => “list_form”, :locals => { :employee => employee })

Jeff

James W. wrote:

Can’t work this out:

In list.rhtml:
<% for employee in @employees -%>

<%= render(:partial => “list_form”, :object => employee) %>

<% end -%>

In _list_form.rhtml (partial):
<%= employee.id %>

In controller:
@employees = Employee.find(:all)

I get the following error:
undefined local variable or method `employee’

I everything is correct as far as I can see, just no variables are
getting through?

Yes I have just realised that it takes the name of the partial as the
local variable name.

I have ran into another issue. I am using link_to_remote to update a
form via ajax. However I need it to replace the div with a partial.
However when pressed it jumps me to a blank screen? no error or
anything.