Persisting an object

Rails
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ok this is really basic rails question, but how do I keep an object
alive between controller action? I thought I could create an object and
it would remain alive, but I am guessing the controller object gets
recreated each time?

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Kind Regards,
Rajinder Y.

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On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Rajinder Y. [email protected]
wrote:

ok this is really basic rails question, but how do I keep an object alive
between controller action? I thought I could create an object and it would
remain alive, but I am guessing the controller object gets recreated each
time?

Rajinder, you can store the object in a session. For example, you can
do
the following:

Store:

session[:object_to_persist] = an_object

Retrieve:

some_local_variable = session[:object_to_persist]

For further information, I would recommend reading the relevant section
from
“Agile Web D. with Rails 3rd” by Dave T. et al.

Good look,

-Conrad

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Conrad T. wrote:

do the following:
from “Agile Web D. with Rails 3rd” by Dave T. et al.
Hi Conrad,

thanks I was not sure session object was the right way to do things.
I’ve got 3 books on Rails and I’m hoping to get “Agile Web D.
with Rails 3rd” soon =) but I’ll will check out the section now.

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Conrad T. wrote:

    object
    Store:

later section(s) in the book that goes into greater detail.
Conrad, thanks again =) it’s working like a charm and I’ll read the
entire section on “Cart Creation” tonight!

Kind Regards,
Rajinder Y.

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On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Rajinder Y. [email protected]
wrote:

Rajinder, you can read the section on “Cart Creation”. Also, there’s
later
section(s) in the book that goes into greater detail.

Good luck,

-Conrad